Boneless Chicken Recipe
Chicken Caesar Salad Recipe
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As you can tell from the picture, this is a light and healthy chicken Caesar salad recipe featuring lettuce, chicken, egg, croutons and more. The grill marks look great on the meat so you might want to make a grilled chicken Caesar salad rather than sautéing the chicken in a skillet. It is up to you and of course it depends on the weather. This authentic chicken Caesar salad recipe is sure to impress everyone in the family with its blend of great flavors and textures and it does not take very long to put together.
Authentic Chicken Caesar Salad Recipe
If you like breast chicken recipes with crisp lettuce, a Caesar salad never fails to please. The combination of chicken, bacon, egg, lettuce, onion and more in this delicious chicken Caesar salad recipe is very flavorful and these ingredients balance with each other to create a heavenly dish. There are quite a few chicken recipes, which blend chicken, and bacon because the flavors complement one another but a chicken Caesar salad with croutons has to be the tastiest way of using these ingredients together.
If you like smoked chicken recipes, you can use that in this chicken salad recipe instead of cooked chicken pieces for a different flavor. The French bread croutons add a nice crunch to this Caesar salad but make sure you watch them under the broiler because they can burn quickly. Do not have them right next to the heat because they will scorch really fast. The croutons help to make this salad more substantial so, if you are looking for something light yet satisfying, this grilled chicken Caesar salad would be a good recipe. Most people have tried chicken salad recipes before and a lot of people would say a Caesar salad is their favorite one.
This is a nutritious recipe, thanks to the chicken, egg, lettuce, and onion. Chicken is a great source of lean protein, which is one reason why baked chicken recipes, grilled chicken recipes and other easy chicken recipes are very popular with the health conscious. Chicken Caesar salad recipes are served at many top class hotels and restaurants and it is easy to recreate an authentic chicken Caesar salad recipe yourself at home.
Chicken Caesar Salad with Croutons
Ingredients -
1 chicken breast fillet
3 ½ tablespoons Caesar salad dressing
1 baby cos lettuce, leaves separated
12 inch baguette, diagonally cut into 1/3 inch thick slices
2 oz bacon rashers, no rind, cut into thin strips
1 egg
½ onion, thinly sliced
Shaved parmesan to garnish
Preparation:
Heat a skillet over a medium high heat and sauté the chicken for 4 or 5 minutes per side until it is cooked through.
Put it on a plate and cover with foil to keep it warm.
Set it aside for 5 minutes to rest then slice it thinly across the grain.
Boil the egg for 7 minutes then peel it and slice it thinly.
Heat the skillet over a high heat, add the bacon and cook it until crisp, stirring often.
Preheat the broiler to a high heat and cook the baguette slices until they are golden on both sides.
Arrange the lettuce, egg, onion, chicken, croutons and bacon over the lettuce.
Drizzle with the Caesar salad dressing and sprinkle with the shaved parmesan.
Serve immediately.
(Serves 4)