Caesar salad with chicken

Caesar salad with chicken

Caesar salad with chicken is an unusually popular cool appetizer all over the world, which can be found both in an ordinary dining room and on the menu of the most expensive and unique restaurants of the highest cuisine, marked with various merits and stars. A widespread legend says that the recipe for this salad was invented in America at the beginning of the 20th century by an Italian chef named Caesar Cardini, who, due to the huge influx of guests in the restaurant on a special day and the associated shortage of goods, prepared a completely new and unusual treat from those remaining in stock ingredients. The ingredients of the world's first Caesar salad were romaine lettuce, wheat croutons and crushed Italian parmesan cheese. The pleasant and refined taste of this salad was given by a special dressing based on mayonnaise and Worcestershire sauce with a slightly perceptible special fishy smell of anchovies.

As is usually the case with any culinary invention, the recipe for Caesar salad has changed greatly over time, but I am sure that these transformations only benefited it, as they ensured this dish widespread distribution and unprecedented popularity among the people. Nowadays, this salad is prepared a little more difficult than Caesar Cardini originally intended, and various hearty ingredients are certainly added to it, which are almost always chicken fillet or cocktail shrimp. Since shrimp is a rather exotic and expensive food in our area, the most common and easily accessible version of this famous appetizer in our country is Caesar salad with chicken.

Now I would like to share with you a traditional and very popular recipe in my family, according to which you can simply, quickly and cheaply prepare the most delicious Caesar salad with chicken and croutons at home. This recipe does not contain any particularly expensive or rare ingredients, so it can help you out in any situation, for example, to nourish a hungry household, to help host unexpected guests, or to become a delicious festive treat. The freshest juicy vegetables together with tender chicken fillet, special cheese and crispy wheat crackers make up an amazing alliance, sealed with an unusual and rich sauce, prepared without anchovies and other rarities, the taste of which is simply impossible to remember. Caesar salad with chicken prepared according to this recipe is a classic of world cuisine that is accessible to anyone and can become a real hit on weekdays and holidays in your family!

Necessary information

How to make Caesar salad with chicken - a traditional salad recipe with chicken fillet, croutons and Caesar dressing with step-by-step photos

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 medium chicken fillets (400 g)
• 3 tbsp. l. soy sauce
• 1 tbsp. l. vegetable oil
• 1 patient forks Iceberg or Romaine lettuce
• 200 g cherry tomatoes
• 80 g parmesan cheese
• 40 g wheat crackers

• 100 g mayonnaise
• 2 teeth garlic
• 2 tsp. Dijon mustard
• 1 tbsp. l. lemon juice
• 50 g Parmesan cheese

COOKING METHOD:

1. In order to prepare a traditional Caesar salad with chicken and croutons, you first need to make chicken fillet. In principle, it can be prepared using different methods, for example, boiled in water or baked in the oven. But for this festive salad, I prefer to fry the fillet on a grill pan. This production method allows you to get unusually tasty, juicy and appetizing meat without unnecessary calories.

Before frying, it is better to marinate the chicken fillet in soy sauce at room temperature for at least half an hour, turning the pieces of meat from time to time so that they are properly soaked. If the fillet is very large in size, then its thick parts must be lightly beaten with a meat mallet in advance.

2. Lightly grease the grill pan with vegetable oil using a pastry brush or cardboard napkin and heat thoroughly.
Dry the fillet with a cardboard towel and fry for 2 - 3 minutes on each side over high heat, then reduce the heat, cover the chicken with a lid and cook until cooked for 10 minutes. 3. Cool the finished chicken fillet and cut into large, beautiful, golden-brown slices across the grain.
4. Carefully wash and dry the iceberg or romaine lettuce, tear it into pieces with your hands or simply chop it coarsely.

5. Carefully cut the cherry tomatoes into halves, trying not to lose their juicy sweet center.
6. Grate Parmesan cheese on a small grater.

7. Traditional Caesar salad dressing should include special Worcestershire sauce or chopped anchovy fillets. But if you, like me, were unable to purchase these rare ingredients in the store, then I suggest trying my version of a regular and affordable sauce that perfectly complements the taste of this delicious cool dish.

To prepare a tasty and special Caesar sauce without anchovies, place mayonnaise, mustard, finely chopped garlic in a blender container and pour in lemon juice.
Beat all ingredients in a blender for a few seconds. Add grated Parmesan cheese and beat again. The end result is a homemade Caesar dressing made from common ingredients that has a thick consistency and a distinctive, rich flavor. 8. Place lettuce leaves in a large salad bowl, cherry tomatoes on them and slices of chicken fillet on top.
9. Just before serving the salad, it is necessary to pour the sauce over it, and also generously sprinkle wheat croutons and grated Parmesan cheese on top.

You can also assemble individual servings of salad on each plate for excellent presentation and ease of consumption. An unusually appetizing, tasty and satisfying Caesar salad with chicken at home is ready!
The calorie content of this salad is only 108 kcal per 100 g, and in addition, it contains dietary chicken meat and many new vegetables, therefore it benefits the body without harming the figure. Bon appetit!

Traditional Caesar salad with chicken. 3 regular recipes with photos step by step

How to prepare Caesar salad with chicken at home? This version of the salad has rightfully gained nationwide popularity. And I offer three different step-by-step recipes for this salad with photos and videos. Any of them is prepared with chicken and croutons, but then you can create it in different ways - there is a completely traditional version, also with Chinese cabbage and smoked chicken.

The advantage of Caesar salad with chicken is that if you have prepared everything - fried more croutons, fried the chicken, made the sauce, then later you can easily prepare it for two days, simply adding lettuce and tomatoes. Fast and simple.

Not long ago I went to some eatery and ordered a Caesar salad, they made it with mayonnaise, and there was only one or two chickens and the number was gone. In another cafe in the hypermarket, the chicken was over-salted and also with mayonnaise, in general, it was not tasty. Therefore, I propose to create the salad yourself according to my traditional usual recipe.

By the way, there are so many options for dressing for Caesar salad that I wrote a separate article, because if the recipe says “sauce,” then quickly follow the link Caesar salad dressing and choose which one you like best.

Table of contents:

Caesar salad with chicken, traditional recipe

Ingredients:

• Two chicken breasts
• 100 g parmesan,
• 1 clove of garlic,
• Olive oil (can be sunflower)
• sauce (link in description above)
• Cherry tomatoes - two hundred grams,
• Salt pepper,
• The freshest fragrant herbs, for example, oregano, rosemary, thyme

1. Make Caesar dressing (link above).
2. Take the chicken breasts and remove the fillets from the bones.

3. Sprinkle the resulting fillet with salt and pepper, and fry with vegetable oil and a couple of sprigs of rosemary (or other fragrant herbs) in a hot frying pan until golden brown.

4. Then set them aside to cool.

5. Cut the loaf into large cubes.

6. Bake in the oven until it becomes croutons. But not for very long, so that they are not very tough. You can instead fry it in vegetable oil in a frying pan with a clove of garlic (I like this option better).

7. Squeeze a few cloves of garlic into the bag through a garlic press, add croutons there and shake. Remove the crackers from the bag and place on a plate to cool.

8. Wash and dry the lettuce leaves, tear them by hand or chop them not very finely.

9. Place a few tablespoons of Caesar dressing on a plate with salad. Mix lettuce leaves with sauce, place chicken breast cut into pieces on top.

10. Add chopped cherry tomatoes.

11. Add crackers.

12. Sprinkle everything with thinly chopped Parmesan.

13. Oh, this is what a mixed salad looks like. Bon appetit!

And here is a video instruction on how to prepare this salad:

Caesar with Chinese cabbage and chicken

A very exciting version of Caesar - with Chinese cabbage and chicken. This recipe has a very harmonious taste. Any version of the salad can be prepared in this way: with bacon, shrimp, anchovies... Chinese cabbage is absolutely delicious in salads, and in this version it looks like royal luxury (or, in this case, imperial).

Chicken pastrami is perfect for this salad - the best thing for salads! In general, it will be great with chicken in any way: you can bake the breasts in the oven, boil, fry or steam.

Products:

• Baguette - half
• Chicken breasts (pastorma) 2 pcs.,
• Salad - a bunch,
• Hard cheese – 50 g,
• Cherry – 100 50 g,
• Olive oil,
• sauce (link first article)

1. Prepare Caesar dressing.

2. Prepare small croutons from the loaf. Cut white bread into cubes or strips. Drizzle olive oil onto future croutons and sprinkle with finely chopped garlic. Place the crackers in the oven and dry until golden brown.

3. Chicken fillet, fry or boil, sprinkle with your favorite spices.

4. Cut into pieces that you prefer, for example, into cubes, but you can also use slices.

5. Peking cabbage needs to be washed and dried, then cut into large strips.

5. Grate the cheese. If you don't have parmesan, you can substitute other hard cheese.

6. Stir Chinese cabbage, chicken, cheese and sauce in a bowl. Place on a plate.

7 Add croutons and tomato pieces, which can be arranged in any way you like.

Caesar with smoked chicken at home. Recipe with photo

A favorite dish in an unusually special version... mmm... What could be better? An easy and unique recipe for the famous Caesar salad with smoked chicken will be perfect both for lunch at work and for a romantic dinner with a loved one!

Caesar salad with chicken nowadays is prepared in virtually any public catering establishment, and, most often, chicken breasts for this salad are boiled, baked or fried in a pan. This smoked chicken salad is simply made for those who love a light smoky flavor.

Products:

• smoked chicken fillet – two hundred 50 g,
• ½ loaf,
• Parmesan 50 gr,
• Salad – 100 gr,
• sauce (link above),
• Tomatoes – 100 50 gr.

1. Cut off the crusts from white bread. If the loaf is fresh, you can tear it with your hands, if not very fresh, cut it into cubes. Next, place the bread cubes on a baking sheet, sprinkle with olive oil, add a little salt and simmer in the oven until golden brown. Let cool.

2. Cut the smoked chicken.

3. Grind the cheese.

4. Cut the tomato.

5. Salad leaves need to be thoroughly washed, dried and torn by hand into approximately 2-4 pieces of any size.

7. Finally, we assemble the salad. Place slices of smoked chicken and croutons on lettuce leaves. Then sprinkle with grated cheese. Also add tomato slices. Now you know this wonderful recipe for Caesar salad with smoked chicken.