Chicken Caesar Salad

A classic caesar salad with a homemade Caesar dressing, flavorful grilled chicken and croutons makes this a satisfying meal to have at any time of the day.
 
 
Caesar Salad, I am sure that almost all of you have had this at least once in your life. This will be the most popular salad in the world, no doubt. I remember having this plenty of times during my college days. Especially when I was going though my dieting phase. Little did I know that this is not the healthiest of salads to have especially when some one is dieting. The amount of calories packed in the dressing is..โ€™ahemโ€™…not very less. But that is forgivable because along with the calories I was getting lots of greens into my system. ๐Ÿ˜€
 
 
For this salad you have to do a little bit of preparation. Likeโ€ฆ.make the croutons, cook the chicken and the eggs and make the dressing. Not much work, just a little. But this salad is so delicious that every second you spend making this will be absolutely worth it, trust me.
 
 

INGREDIENTS: 

For the salad:
 
  • Lettuce chopped to desired size
  • Grilled Chicken breast cut in strips (or plain cooked chicken)
  • Cherry tomatoes (optional)
  • Sweet corn
  • Cucumber 
  • 2-4 Boiled eggs ( cut in to slices)
  • Grated Parmesan cheese
For the Caesar dressing:
 
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise 
  • 3 tbsp buttermilk
  • 1 garlic clove minced
  • 1 tbsp mustard sauce
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese (optional)
  • black pepper to taste
  • salt to taste (just a pinch would be enough)
For the Croutons:
 
  • 3 slices bread, sides removed and finely diced
  • 1 tbsp butter/ garlic butter
  • salt to taste
For Grill Chicken:
 
  • 200 grams chicken breast
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder/ garlic paste
  • 1/2 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • salt to taste
NOTES:
 
  • If you donโ€™t like the taste of parmesan cheese or if it is unavailable in your place, omit it.
DIRECTIONS:
 
For Chicken:
 
  1. Marinate the chicken with the above mentioned ingredients and shallow fry or grill it. Cut the chicken in strips.
To make the Dressing:
 
  1. In a food processor combine all the ingredients for the dressing and whizz till smooth.
To make the Croutons:
 
  1. In a pan melt the butter and add in the diced bread pieces. Stir around on low heat for 3-4 minutes till it tuned golden brown and crispy. You can bake these too by placing the bread pieces on a tray sprayed with oil spray.
To assemble the Salad:
 
  1. Arrange all the ingredients for the salad in a bowl. Drizzle the dressing all over. Add the croutons. 
  2. Add grated parmesan cheese. Serve. (Sorry I forgot to add parmesan while clicking the pictures, but I did add it later)

 

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