Warm Buffalo Chicken Pinwheels
These buffalo chicken pinwheels have it all – a cheesy golden crust on the outside and creamy, spicy buffalo chicken on the inside! Just make the easy buffalo chicken cream cheese mixture with rotisserie chicken, wrap it up in tortillas, and toast these delicious pinwheels on the griddle or in a skillet for fantastic party appetizers!
Servings: 24 pinwheels
Ingredients
- 4½-5 cups shredded cooked chicken *About the equivalent of one rotisserie chicken shredded.
- 4 oz cream cheese softened
- 4 oz mozzarella cheese grated
- 4 oz pepper jack cheese grated
- ½ cup Buffalo Sauce *I recommend Frank's Thick Buffalo Sauce.
- 2 tablespoons Nashville Hot seasoning or dry buffalo seasoning of your choice
- 2 sliced green onions plus more for garnish
- 3 burrito sized flour tortillas
- ranch dressing for garnish/dipping
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine shredded chicken, cream cheese, mozzarella cheese, pepper jack cheese, buffalo seasoning and sauce, and sliced green onions. Mix together well.
- Heat griddle on low to medium-low until it reaches about 375-425 degrees F. *You can also toast the pinwheels in a skillet on the stovetop.
- Warm one tortilla on the griddle for about 5-10 seconds to make it more pliable. Then, spread about 1½ cup of the buffalo chicken mixture over about 3/4 of the tortilla, leaving one side with no filling. Starting at the edge with the filling, roll the tortilla tightly. *Optional - Sprinkle on a bit more buffalo seasoning or drizzle on about 1 tablespoon of buffalo sauce on the mixture before rolling up.
- Place toothpicks through the tortilla roll-up about every 1½", making sure that the end of the tortilla is tooth-picked into place so that it does not come unrolled. Then, cut the rolled tortilla into pinwheels in between the toothpicks. Repeat the process until all tortillas are filled, rolled, and cut into pinwheels.
- Place the pinwheels on the griddle cut side down. Cook untouched until browned on the first side, approximately 3-5 minutes. Then flip to the second side and cook an additional 3-5 minutes. Transfer the grilled pinwheels to a serving platter.
- Garnish the buffalo chicken pinwheels. Drizzle on some ranch dressing and/or buffalo sauce, and sprinkle with sliced green onions. Enjoy!