If you like caesar salad you'll love this recipe. Although it adds the benefits of having a protein added (chicken and cheese), it's also very heart-healthy with several vegetables and essentials.
Ingredients
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3 cloves garlic (to taste)
- Garlic is used to help season the croutons and create the caesar dressing, according to the original recipe.
- .5 (1/2) cup extra virgin olive oil
- juice of 1 lemon
- salt (to taste)
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1 lb boneless chicken breasts
- Store-bought packages send them out skinless, yet personal recipes and the reference recipe use skin-on. The choice will be yours, but the skin-on version provides extra fat.
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4 slices focaccia/whole wheat Italian bread (croutons)
- If you don't have time to make croutons, try to find croutons in your local supermarket.
- 4 romaine lettuce hearts, halved lengthwise
- (3/4) cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
- 2-4 chopped anchovies (optional)
Steps
Part 1
Part 1 of 2:
Preparing the Extras
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1Grill the chicken breasts . Place them in a pan on the stove and grill them.
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2Grate the parmesan cheese . Use a cheese grater to grate it. Place the shavings into a small to medium-size bowl.Advertisement
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3Create the croutons . The original recipe calls for focaccia or whole-wheat Italian bread, but you can use whichever method this weaved link calls for using these breads as well.
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4Create the caesar dressing . What would a chicken caesar salad be without it's caesar dressing?Advertisement
Part 2
Part 2 of 2:
Combining the Pieces Together
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1Cut up the 4 romaine lettuce hearts. This creates the main salad portion. Use a medium-sized dish and a chopping knife to cut these, without chopping too fine. This creates the backbone of the dish - that makes this grilled chicken caesar salad - a salad.
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2Place in the dish the solid ingredients. Add the grilled chicken pieces, followed by the cheese and the salt and/or pepper. You will want to avoid stirring in the croutons until the end, but the cloves can also be added.
- If you'd like, you can also chop up some anchovies, and add them to the dish, though very few grilled chicken Caesar recipes call for them.
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3Juice the lemon and squeeze the lemon juice on the dish. This creates a flavor that very few - if any - store brands add. Lemon juice gives it that "zing" of citrus that some places make well aware of added zest.
- Avoid using lime juice. It doesn't give this dish the same zing that lemon juice gives it.
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4Dress your salad. Add the half cup of extra virgin olive oil.
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5Mix your salad so most of the pieces are interspersed throughout.
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6Place on the caesar dressing. You'll want to spread some of the caesar dressing on the salad - at your enjoyment amount.
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7Add some of the croutons to your salad. Sprinkle a few pieces sporadically across the top of the salad.
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8Mix the salad again. This will combine the salad from before with the caesar dressing and croutons to further spread the dressing and croutons throughout the dish.
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9Add the remainder of the croutons to the top of the dish.Advertisement
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Things You'll Need
- chopping knife
- cheese grater
- 2 medium-sized bowls
- frying pan
References
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