Delicious and super easy to make Buffalo Chicken Burritos make a great lunch or game day sandwich. They can be enjoyed hot or cold, grilled or not, and are packed with protein and flavor that will please buffalo flavor fans.

Buffalo chicken burritos cut in half and stacked on each other.

Buffalo Chicken Burritos are an easy meal packed with buffalo sauce flavor wrapped in flour tortillas. This chicken burrito takes mexican food idea and combines it with the American love of buffalo chicken and makes a quick delicious lunch.

Fully assembled and cut in half buffalo chicken burritos.

Wrap recipes make a delicious quick lunch and these buffalo chicken burritos are easy to make ahead and pack to take on the go.

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❤️ Why you'll love it
🥘 Ingredients
🔪 Instructions
🥄 Equipment
🥫Storage
📖 Variations
💭 Top Tips
📚 Related Recipes
🍽 Serve with...
🏫 The last word
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❤️ Why you'll love it

✔️ Fans of buffalo wings will love all of the flavors of a chicken wing wrapped in a tortilla for an easy hand held meal.

✔️ These are delicious hot or cold and make a great lunch or picnic item.

✔️ These make a great idea to make ahead for game day!

🥘 Ingredients

Shredded chicken

Hot sauce

Butter

Spanish rice

Monterey jack cheese

Blue cheese crumbles

Lettuce

Shredded chicken in a bowl with sauce ingredients in measuring cups. — Shredded chicken, hot sauce, and butter combine for a delicious buffalo flavor.

🔪 Instructions

In a large bowl, combine the shredded chicken, hot sauce, and melted butter until chicken is thoroughly coated.
Lay 1 tortilla on a flat surface and two spoonfuls of the buffalo chicken mixture in center of each tortilla. Top with spanish rice, Monterey jack cheese, blue cheese crumbles and lettuce.
Fold the side of tortilla closest to you up and over, packing the filling in. Fold each side of the tortilla up over the top of the first roll. Continue to roll tortilla to enclose filling, pushing sides of tortilla in to completely enclose filling.
Cut burritos in half (if desired) and serve hot or cold.

Shredded chicken and rice on a flour tortilla. — Chicken and spanish rice make the two base layers.

Flour tortilla with shredded chicken, rice, and cheese on top. — Chicken and spanish rice make the two base layers.

🥄 Equipment

Mixing bowls

Measuring spoons

🥫Storage

Store any leftovers in the fridge up to 3 days.

Flour tortilla with all fillings in a layer on top. — Optional lettuce to top the burrito before folding.

Rolled buffalo chicken burrito. — Optional lettuce to top the burrito before folding.

📖 Variations

Substitute diced crunchy celery for the lettuce.
Turn it into a buffalo chicken burrito bowl and combine the filling ingredients in a bowl eliminating the tortilla.
Use shredded cheddar cheese or monterey jack cheese in place of pepper jack.
Stir 1-2 tablespoons of ranch dressing or blue cheese dressing and 2 tablespoons green onions, sliced, into the chicken mixture.
Use crumbled and cooked ground chicken in place of the shredded chicken.
Substitute black beans for the rice.
Stir 1 cup diced celery or red pepper into the chicken mixture.

💭 Top Tips

Leftover chicken (or rotisserie chicken) is a great way to make this buffalo chicken burrito.
Cook 2 large chicken breasts or 4 chicken thighs in a crock pot on low for 6-8 hours with ½ cup of chicken stock, salt and pepper to taste. When done, shred the chicken to use for this recipe.
Warm tortillas for 20 seconds in the microwave to make folding the burritio easier.

Kids love these Turkey Bacon Breakfast Burritos and they are a great make and take breakfast on the go.

Sauce and spicy Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches make a tasty lunch or dinner.

Buffalo Chicken Bowls are packed with protein and flavor.

Buffalo Chicken Panini are super easy and great for game day!

🍽 Serve with...

Serve these Buffalo Chicken Burritos with a corn and black bean salsa, sour cream, or homemade guacamole.

Corn and black bean salsa on a plate with a burrito in the background. — Buffalo Chicken Burritos are excellent with a side of corn and black bean salsa!

🏫 The last word

Buffalo Chicken Burritos can be enjoyed several ways. Hot or cold and with a variations of fillings.

Spray the outside of the tortilla with cooking spray and after it has been wrapped, place burritos in a large skillet over medium-high heat for 2-3 minutes on each side, until browned. Or, place the burrito in the air fryer and cook at 400 degrees for 4-6 minutes, flipping the burrito over half way through.

I also like to skip the flour tortilla and rice entirely and make buffalo chicken burrito bowls for a low carb version. Or, use a low carb tortilla and eliminate the rice, using cauliflower rice instead if desired. When I do this I like to add extra salsa and guacamole to the bowl.

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