Traditional Caesar salad recipe
To prepare 4-5 servings we will needHalf a loaf of bread, 300-350 g chicken fillet, 1 large package of lettuce, 50-70 g Parmesan cheese, a clove of garlic, olive oil for frying. For the dressing: 2 boiled yolks, 2 teaspoons hot mustard, a clove of garlic, a couple of tablespoons lemon juice, a teaspoon vinegar (6%), 100 ml olive oil, salt and pepper to taste. Let's start with the dressing. Grind the yolks with mustard, add vinegar, lemon juice and olive oil. Mix well, salt and pepper to taste. Prepare the salad: finely chop or press the garlic in a small bowl, add 5 tablespoons olive oil, mix thoroughly and pour into the frying pan. Cut the loaf into small pieces and fry in oil with garlic until the color of croutons. Cut the chicken fillet into pieces of about 2x2 cm and fry in olive oil until done. Salt and pepper the fillet while cooking. Place the lettuce leaves, torn by hand, on the bottom of the plate, put the chicken fillet on them and pour the dressing over it, grate the Parmesan on a fine grater on top. It is advisable to pour the croutons just before eating, otherwise they will get soggy and the dish will lose its crispy zest.
A hearty Caesar recipe for a large group
This recipe will come in handy if you are planning toa large company. The output is about 6-7 servings of a high-calorie salad that will satisfy all guests. Ingredients: 10 quail eggs, 4 slices of white bread, 300 g of chicken fillet, 10 cherry tomatoes, 1 bunch of lettuce, 100 g of cheese, vegetable oil for frying, salt and pepper to taste. For the sauce: a glass of mayonnaise, a teaspoon of turmeric, a clove of garlic, a couple of tablespoons of lemon juice, a couple of tablespoons of mustard (the amount can be adjusted depending on the desired spiciness of the sauce). Prepare the sauce: thoroughly mix mayonnaise, turmeric, lemon juice, garlic crushed through a press and mustard. Prepare the salad: cut the chicken fillet into small cubes, fry in vegetable oil. Cut the white bread into small pieces, fry until golden brown. Boil the quail eggs, peel them and cut them in half. Cut the cherry tomatoes in half. Mix the fillets, cherry tomatoes and egg halves in a large bowl. Put the resulting mixture on torn lettuce leaves. Grate the cheese on top and pour the sauce over it. Add the croutons before serving.
Caesar salad recipe with spicy sauce
This recipe differs from the previous ones in thatrequires an original sauce for dressing the salad, and the chicken meat should be smoked. True gourmets will appreciate the unique taste that the anchovy sauce will give the dish. The ingredients are designed for 5-6 large portions. To prepare the salad, take 2 ready-made smoked chicken breasts weighing about 400-500 g (if you can’t find chicken breast or a whole chicken in the store, grilled chicken will do), 100 g of hard cheese, whole lettuce leaves, 100 g of boiled peeled shrimp, medium-sized bell pepper, 4-5 slices of white bread, a clove of garlic. For the sauce, use a clove of garlic, 1 egg, 200 ml of olive oil, a teaspoon of mustard, 6 anchovy fillets, the juice of half a lemon. Prepare the sauce: mix the egg, garlic, lemon juice, anchovies and mustard in a blender. Carefully add olive oil while mixing. Continue whisking for about another minute. The sauce is ready! For the salad, rub the bread with garlic, then cut it into strips and bake in the oven at 180 degrees until golden brown. crusts. Cut the chicken breast and bell pepper into thin strips, add shrimp and grated cheese. Mix the salad with the dressing and place in a deep dish on whole lettuce leaves.
Recipe for an unusual "Caesar"
This recipe is good for cases whenThe guests are already at the door, but there is nothing to treat them with. The ingredients are usually always in the refrigerator of a good housewife. The recipe is simple and takes a few minutes. The proposed amount of products will make about 4-5 servings. Salad ingredients: 100 g of any hard cheese, 300 g of chicken, 200 g of Chinese cabbage, 40-50 g of pine nuts, wheat (store-bought) croutons. Dressing: 50 g of mayonnaise, 50 g of sour cream, lemon juice to taste, fresh (or dried) herbs to taste: parsley, dill, cilantro, a couple of cloves of garlic. Preparation: fry the whole breast until done and cut into cubes. While the breast is frying, cut the cheese into cubes, coarsely chop or tear the Chinese cabbage (avoid the hard parts). Place cheese, Chinese cabbage and chicken in a salad bowl, add pine nuts. Mix mayonnaise, sour cream and greens thoroughly, add crushed garlic. It is advisable to use as much greens as possible so that the sauce turns out green. Season the salad with the resulting sauce, sprinkle with croutons on top.
Quick Caesar Salad as a Main Course for Dinner
Came home from work hungry and tired?The kids are demanding food, the husband is waiting for a delicious dinner, but there is no energy or desire to cook for a long time? Then we offer you the most simplified version of making Caesar salad with chicken and croutons, for which you only need to fry the chicken fillet and chop the bell pepper. Ingredients (4 servings): ready-made sauce for making Caesar salad (for example Calve), ready-made seasoning for Caesar salad (for example Kotanyi), 3 chicken fillets, cherry tomatoes - 20 pcs., bell pepper, greens - lettuce or Chinese cabbage, oil for frying. So, put pieces of chicken fillet, cut into thin rectangles, in a frying pan. Fry until done for about 5-7 minutes on each side. During this time, tear the lettuce or Chinese cabbage, cherry tomatoes, bell peppers cut into strips into a bowl and pour in the prepared seasoning, and also squeeze out the prepared sauce. Mix everything thoroughly and put it into portioned plates. Put the fried chicken fillet on top of the resulting mass. In this case, the dish can be regarded both as a salad and as a second course with herbs and fresh vegetables as a side dish. We have offered you several options for preparing the popular Caesar salad with chicken and croutons. Each of the proposed recipes is easy to make and will not require searching for complex ingredients. Caesar is a universal dish, its components can be replaced and supplemented according to your taste. For example, pine nuts can be replaced with walnuts, cherry tomatoes - simple tomatoes, and quail eggs - chicken. Fans can add raspberries or prunes, and gourmets - capers and arugula instead of the usual salad. Undoubtedly, the great advantage of this dish is that it is not "heavy" for the digestive tract, despite the fact that it is not inferior to the traditional "Olivier" in nutritional value. Do not forget that the New Year holidays are long, feasts and fun are organized every day, and the figure, as before, requires a balanced diet. The proposed recipes (the exception is "Caesar" with the addition of mayonnaise) are not high in calories and, if necessary, can be adapted to many diets and healthy eating systems. We wish you bon appetit and happy holidays!
