We love salads (not only) in the summer! A simple Caesar Chicken Salad is one of our favorites here – whether it’s for lunch, dinner, or as a side dish for a barbecue in the garden or park. This classic American salad is extremely delicious and, surprisingly, quite easy to prepare. It never hurts if it doesn’t take too long to get the food on the table, right?! ;P

A classic Caesar salad is prepared without chicken. It’s basically just a simple green salad with a few croutons, Parmesan cheese, and well… Caesar dressing. Nothing more, nothing less. A salad like that is often served as a side dish or starter for a meal. If you want to serve it as a main course, adding some more veggies, tofu, chicken, shrimp, or stuff like that might be a good idea… after all, it’s meant to fill the stomach, right?! ;)
We usually add roasted chicken to the basic Caesar salad. Unfortunately, not everyone at home likes seafood, otherwise shrimp would also make it into the salad more frequently. Well… what can you do. Life is not fair. ;P

As already mentioned, you don’t need much for a Caesar salad. A good reason to make sure the ingredients you use are of a good quality. This means fresh greens, maybe some homemade croutons instead of ready-made croutons from the supermarket… and definitely not the cheapest chicken you can find in stores. It doesn’t have to be the super-expensive organic chicken that’s been fed with golden seeds, but it doesn’t have to be a battery-farmed chicken that lives with 500 other chickens in a one square meter cage either. There’s sure to be something suitable somewhere in between.
If you don’t want to prepare the Caesar dressing yourself, you can use a dressing from the supermarket, of course. Although we have to say, we haven’t found anything that tasted particularly good yet. Neither regular supermarkets nor organic supermarkets have anything that comes close to a good homemade dressing. We haven’t tried anything from an expensive deli shop yet – so there might be something good out there, we don’t know yet… ;)

Anyway. For us, this delicious Caesar Chicken Salad is often our first choice for dinner – if you prefer something a little more substantial, how about a Caesar Chicken Pasta Salad? It’s basically this salad here, but with pasta added for a few extra carbs. Can’t hurt in winter. ;P
Another favorite salad (we have a few of those) is our Greek-ish Farmer’s Salad. Equally classic salad, also easy to prepare and very tasty. A great salad to make all year round!
INGREDIENTS / ZUTATEN
(3-4 servings)
For the dressing:
1-2 garlic cloves, finely minced
1 tsp. anchovy paste*
2 tbsp. olive oil
2 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tbsp. white wine vinegar
1 tsp. Dijon mustard* (or hot mustard)
1 tsp. Worcestershire Sauce*
4.3 oz. (120g) mayonnaise
1 oz. (30g) Parmesan cheese, grated
salt, pepper
For the chicken:
some oil for frying
1 chicken breast, cleaned
salt, pepper
For the salad:
3 small romaine lettuce (or 1 large bag of green lettuce mix)
1/2 cucumber, sliced
8-10 cherry tomatoes, halved
some store-bought or homemade croutons
some slivered Parmesan cheese (optional)
(3-4 Portionen)
Für das Dressing:
1-2 Knoblauchzehen, fein gehackt
1 TL Sardellenpaste*
2 EL Olivenöl
2 EL Zitronensaft
1 EL Weißweinessig
1 TL Dijon Senf* (oder scharfer Senf)
1 TL Worcestershire Sauce*
120g Mayonnaise
30g Parmesan, fein gerieben
Salz, Pfeffer
Für die Hähnchenbrust:
etwas Öl zum Anbraten
1 Hähnchenbrust, gesäubert
Salz, Pfeffer
Für den Salat:
3 kleine Romanasalate (oder eine große Packung gemischter Salat)
1/2 Gurke, in Scheiben
8–10 Kirschtomaten, halbiert
einige (gekaufte oder) selbst gemachte Croûtons
etwas gehobelter Parmesankäse (optional)


DIRECTIONS / ZUBEREITUNG
1. Peel the garlic and mice it finely or press it through a garlic press*. Add the garlic together with the anchovy paste, olive oil, lemon juice, vinegar, mustard, and Worcestershire Sauce to a small bowl and mix to combine. Next, add the mayonnaise and Parmesan and mix until well combined. Season with salt and pepper to your liking. The dressing can be stored up to 3 days in the fridge.
2. Clean the chicken breast. Season well with salt and pepper from all sides. Heat up a small frying pan with some oil and fry the chicken until nicely browned and cooked all the way through – you don’t want to have any pink spots. Check by cutting into the chicken breast, if necessary. The cooking time depends on the thickness of the chicken breast and can vary quite a lot. Remove from the heat and let the chicken cool down for about 10 minutes on a cutting board, then cut into thin slices.
3. Wash the lettuce and let it drain. Cut it into bite-size pieces. Wash and dry the cucumber and cut into thin slices. Wash and dry the tomatoes and cut them in half.
4. Add the veggies and chicken to a large bowl. Drizzle everything with the salad dressing (you might not need all of it) and toss to combine. Top with some croutons and additional sliced Parmesan (optional) and serve.
1. Den Knoblauch schälen und fein hacken oder durch eine Knoblauchpresse* drücken. Zusammen mit der Sardellenpaste, Olivenöl, Zitronensaft, Essig, Senf und Worcestershire Sauce in eine kleine Schüssel geben und verrühren. Mayonnaise und geriebenen Parmesan dazugeben, alles gut vermischen und dann mit Salz und Pfeffer abschmecken. Das Dressing kann bis zu 3 Tage im Kühlschrank aufbewahrt werden.
2. Die Hähnchenbrust säubern und gut mit Salz und Pfeffer würzen. Eine kleine Pfanne mit etwas Öl erhitzen und die Hähnchenbrust anbraten – sie sollte durchgegart und von allen Seiten schön gebräunt sein. Das Fleisch sollte auf keinen Fall mehr rosa sein im Inneren – die Garzeit variiert hier teilweise stark je nach Dicke der Hähnchenbrust. Das Fleisch aus der Pfanne herausnehmen und auf einem Schneidebrett für etwa 10 Minuten ruhen lassen, dann in Scheiben schneiden.
3. Den Salat waschen, abtropfen lassen und dann in mundgerechte Stücke schneiden. Die Gurke waschen, trocknen und in dünne Scheiben schneiden. Die Tomaten ebenfalls waschen, trocknen und dann halbieren.
4. Den Salat bzw. das Gemüse und die Hähnchenbrust in eine große Schüssel geben. Alles mit Salatdressing beträufeln (man braucht ggf. nicht das komplette Dressing) und vermengen. Mit Croûtons und zusätzlich geriebenem Parmesan (optional) garnieren und servieren.


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Classic Caesar Chicken Salad
- Prep Time: 00:20
- Cook Time: 00:10
- Total Time: 00:30
- Yield: 4
- Category: Salad
- Cuisine: United States
Description
This salad is known all over the world and loved by many – Caesar Chicken Salad is also one of your favorite salads. Delicious and easy-to-prepare!
Ingredients
For the dressing:
1-2 garlic cloves, finely minced
1 tsp. anchovy paste*
2 tbsp. olive oil
2 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tbsp. white wine vinegar
1 tsp. Dijon mustard* (or hot mustard)
1 tsp. Worcestershire Sauce*
4.3 oz. (120g) mayonnaise
1 oz. (30g) Parmesan cheese, grated
salt, pepper
For the chicken:
some oil for frying
1 chicken breast, cleaned
salt, pepper
For the salad:
3 small romaine lettuce (or 1 large bag of green lettuce mix)
1/2 cucumber, sliced
8-10 cherry tomatoes, halved
some store-bought or homemade croutons
some slivered Parmesan cheese (optional)
Instructions
1. Peel the garlic and mice it finely or press it through a garlic press*. Add the garlic together with the anchovy paste, olive oil, lemon juice, vinegar, mustard, and Worcestershire Sauce to a small bowl and mix to combine. Next, add the mayonnaise and Parmesan and mix until well combined. Season with salt and pepper to your liking. The dressing can be stored up to 3 days in the fridge.
2. Clean the chicken breast. Season well with salt and pepper from all sides. Heat up a small frying pan with some oil and fry the chicken until nicely browned and cooked all the way through – you don’t want to have any pink spots. Check by cutting into the chicken breast, if necessary. The cooking time depends on the thickness of the chicken breast and can vary quite a lot. Remove from the heat and let the chicken cool down for about 10 minutes on a cutting board, then cut into thin slices.
3. Wash the lettuce and let it drain. Cut it into bite-size pieces. Wash and dry the cucumber and cut into thin slices. Wash and dry the tomatoes and cut them in half.
4. Add the veggies and chicken to a large bowl. Drizzle everything with the salad dressing (you might not need all of it) and toss to combine. Top with some croutons and additional sliced Parmesan (optional) and serve.
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