BBQ Chicken Roll Ups are a quick, make-ahead appetizer that’s perfect for a crowd. They’re ideal for Sunday night football or the Super Bowl, but these cheesy chicken, BBQ sauce and tortilla pinwheels also work great for lunchboxes or any casual gathering.
How to Make the Best BBQ Chicken Roll Ups:
This recipe needs only a few simple ingredients: shredded chicken, cream cheese, shredded Cheddar, BBQ sauce, flour tortillas, and green and red onion. It’s easily adaptable to your tastes and to ingredients you have on hand.
If you have leftover cooked chicken, you can prepare these roll ups in under 10 minutes. They’re a reliable snack for last-minute guests. Leftover grilled or roasted chicken transforms into a new, flavorful dish when mixed with cream cheese and BBQ sauce—one of the quickest ways to reinvent leftovers.
Chicken Pinwheels Made With Leftover Chicken
This BBQ Chicken Roll Ups recipe works wonderfully with rotisserie chicken, leftover baked or grilled chicken, or freshly cooked chicken. It’s a versatile way to use extra meat and still serve something impressive and tasty.
These roll ups are part of a collection of simple chicken-based snacks and mains that make excellent use of leftovers. If you enjoy quick crowd-pleasing appetizers, this style of recipe—mixing shredded chicken with flavorful binders and cheese—is a dependable go-to.
With the big game approaching, many people look for easy, delicious snacks that can be made ahead. These pinwheels fit the bill: they’re portable, simple to prepare, and satisfying for groups of any size.
If you want more appetizer ideas for game day or parties, browsing an appetizers category on a recipe site will turn up many similar, quick recipes that are designed to be crowd-pleasers and easy to prepare ahead of time.
BBQ Chicken Roll Ups Recipe:
BBQ Chicken Roll Ups
- Author: Vera Z.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 12 pinwheels
- Category: Appetizer
- Cuisine: American
Description
BBQ Chicken Roll Ups are a fast, make-ahead appetizer that combines tender shredded chicken, cream cheese, Cheddar, and tangy BBQ sauce rolled into flour tortillas and sliced into pinwheels. They’re easy to prepare and are always a hit at parties.
Ingredients
- 2 to 2 ½ cups (about 12 oz) shredded cooked chicken
- ¾ cup (about 2 oz) crumbled cooked bacon
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- 1 ¼ cup (about 4 oz) shredded Cheddar cheese
- ½ cup Classic BBQ sauce (add more if needed)
- 1 small green onion, sliced
- 1 small red onion, diced
- 1 ½–2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley
- ¼–½ tsp garlic powder, to taste
- Freshly ground black pepper and salt, to taste
- 4 large flour tortillas (about 10-inch diameter)
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients except the tortillas in a large bowl. Stir until evenly mixed; if the mixture seems dry, add more BBQ sauce. The filling should be thick, sticky, and spreadable.
- Spread an even layer of the mixture over each tortilla, roll tightly, and slice into ½–¾ inch pinwheels. Arrange on a platter and serve.
- Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a few days.