Recipe

Chicken Caesar Salad

Prep Time: 10 min

Cook Time:

Serves: 4

This delectable Caesar salad uses leftover cooked chicken to make a salad that stands up as a main or a side dish. Don’t shy away from using anchovy paste – it gives Caesar salad its delicious, distinctive flavour.

Ingredients

Chicken Caesar Salad:

2 cups (500 mL) chicken, cooked, diced

8 slices bacon, cooked, crumbled

2 tomato(es), cut into wedges

1 cup (250 mL) croutons, homemade or purchased

6 cups (1.5 L) Romaine lettuce, torn in pieces

2 tbsp (30 mL) parsley, fresh, chopped

Dressing:

1/2 cup (125 mL) mayonnaise

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 tbsp (15 mL) anchovy paste

1 tbsp (15 mL) Worcestershire sauce

1 tbsp (15 mL) lemon juice

1 tbsp (15 mL) red wine vinegar

1/4 tsp (1.25 mL) hot pepper sauce

1/4 tsp (1.25 mL) pepper

1/4 cup (60 mL) olive oil

1/2 cup (125 mL) Parmesan cheese

Instructions

Chicken Caesar Salad

1 In a large salad bowl combine chicken with bacon, tomatoes, croutons, lettuce and parsley.

Dressing

1 Combine all ingredients for the dressing in a blender or food processor.

2 Blend until smooth and toss with salad.