Chicken Curry Wraps with Cashews, Raisins and Pineapple
These Thai inspired easy lunch wraps are an amazing blend of rice, cashews, pineapples and raisins in a tasty tortilla. I came up with this recipe after brewing on my favorite Thai dishes from the local Thai restaurant. I don’t really venture too much when we eat Thai. I am also not that fond of spicy so I stay on the wimpy side of the number scale. But I do love Pineapple Chicken Fried Rice (or sometimes called cashew chicken fried rice).
I was sitting at the lunch table looking at my sons peanut butter and jelly longing for something, anything that sounded good. And then for some strange reason, my mind went to Thai food. (If you know me, you would know that was weird). At any rate, what came of that day dreaming is this recipe.
And I know most people like their own recipes, after all, we likely wouldn’t post them if we didn’t. But these wraps? These wraps are absolutely addicting. When we made them I was only half interested in them. I had made a lot and in several variations thinking we would give some to our family member who enjoy Thai. Well, they never left my table. I LOVED them. I actually found myself day after day longing for one. Do you think there is an addictive agent in curry? I happen to think there may be. Because I could not stop eating these.
In a recent conversation with my cousin Jessie, I claimed that they produce a pregnancy-type cravings in me. It is the truth. So be careful. Make a huge batch. Go ahead, you will need them.
Author/Source:
Tricia @ Onceamonthmom.com
Ingredients:
- .75 cups chicken, cooked and diced
- 2 Tablespoon Olive Oil
- 2 medium onion
- 2 cups cooked rice
- 1 cup cashews
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup pineapple, pieces
- 6 teaspoons curry
- 8 tortillas, large
Directions:
In a skillet brown onion in warmed olive oil. Remove from pan. In same pan place cashews for brief toasting. After about a minute or two add in the raisins and pineapple. Heat until warmed through. In a large mixing bowl mix all ingredients until well incorporated. Place mixture in the middle of a tortilla and wrap. Serve warm.
Freezing Directions:
Complete directions above. Wrap individually with saran wrap and then place in a gallon freezer bag to freeze. To serve: Warm in microwave 1-2 minutes or until heated through.
Servings: 8
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Maybe it’s the pregnancy, but curry has been speaking to me lately. I don’t have any of the ingredients for this right now, but I’m going to hold on to this recipe and hope the ingredients go on sale soon.
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Oh, my gosh does this look like something I need to try. I have a pineapple in my basement fridge that I just need to use and maybe next week, I will be making this!
What curry do you use? Is there a particular brand?
Nope, no particular brand. I bought ours at a local ethnic grocers though. I have bought it at Kroger in the past too. Does it help if I specify yellow curry? :)
These were great! I ate these for lunch all week! I’m not a huge fan of lots of rice in a wrap/burrito (too many carbs for my taste), so used less rice and more chicken. I also used a bit of pineapple juice to make a sauce. Very easy to throw together and excellent for a bit of variety!
Becky these are one of my FAVORITE things to have around in the freezer in the summer. I am super interested in your pineapple sauce creation. Feel free to share if you would like. Either here in the comments or via email. :)
Sorry for the delay! I somehow missed the notification that you had replied, and only saw it today when I came back to make another batch. When I made these, the rice/chicken mixture looked a little dry (could have been the chicken I used). To add a bit of moisture and flavor, I used the leftover pineapple juice (from my canned pineapple), added a bit of cornstarch (about 1 T. per c. of juice) and heated it up in the same skillet I used for the onions. Add sauce to the rice/chicken mixture, but not too much (or you risk soggy tortillas or a drippy wrap). Hope you enjoy!
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