Chicken Caesar Salad
Rated 3.2 stars by 5 users
Category
Salad, Lunch
Servings
4
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
15 minutes
Calories
337
Whip up a classic Chicken Caesar Salad in no time with this easy recipe featuring grilled chicken, aromatic spices, and crisp romaine. Our delicious Caesar Dressing ditches the dairy and anchovy paste in favor of premium, palatable ingredients like avocado oil and cage-free eggs.
Ingredients
- 7 cups chopped romaine lettuce
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 2 tablespoons Primal Kitchen Olive Oil, plus more for drizzling
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ sliced lemon
- 2 ounces shaved Parmigiano reggiano
- 3 slices grain-free or low carb bread, cut into ½-¾ inch cubes
- ¼ cup Primal Kitchen Caesar Dressing
Directions
Add garlic, pepper, and salt to a bowl. Place your chicken breasts between two pieces of parchment and use a meat mallet to pound them out to a thickness of about ½ inch. Toss the chicken breasts in the pepper, garlic, and salt mixture.
- Preheat your oven to 350°F.
- Heat the olive oil in an oven-safe skillet on your stovetop over medium-high heat. Once the pan is very hot, add your chicken breasts.
- Sear them for 3-4 minutes on each side, then transfer the pan to the oven and continue cooking until the internal temperature of the thickest cutlet reads 165°F with a meat thermometer. Allow the meat to rest for 10 minutes before slicing against the grain.
- Cube up your grain-free bread and toss with a drizzle of olive oil, then place them on a baking sheet in a single layer.
- Place the pan in the oven and bake for 10 minutes, then give the pan a shake and continue cooking until the bread resembles croutons. (Baking time will greatly vary depending on the type of bread you use, so watch them closely to ensure the croutons don’t burn.) Remove the pan from the oven and allow them to cool while you assemble the salad.
- Toss the lettuce with half of the dressing. Add the sliced chicken, croutons, lemon slices and some shaved pieces of cheese. Add the remaining dressing and gently toss to combine.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste and add more dressing if you’d like. Enjoy!
Recipe Note
Nutritional information calculated using Cronometer.
Nutrition
- Serving Size
- 1 serving (1/4 of recipe)
- Calories per serving
- 337
- Carbs
- 4.7 grams
- Fat
- 21.5 grams
- Protein
- 31.1 grams
Hail, Caesar! In our humble opinion, the Caesar salad belongs in the same category as homemade apple pie, epic novels, and the little black dress. It’s classic and timeless for a reason. While not overly complicated, a traditional Caesar has the perfect balance of savory, salty, and tangy flavors punctuated by crisp lettuce and earthy croutons for textural contrast. It’s also sometimes topped with chicken or salmon for a heartier salad that’s a full meal in a bowl.
Our version of a Chicken Caesar Salad has all the flavors you’d expect but without some of the more polarizing aspects like the anchovy paste. Made with honest ingredients like avocado oil and cage-free eggs, Primal Kitchen Caesar Dressing delivers that signature creaminess and savory flavor, minus the sketchy stuff. This “king of dressings” comes together with crisp romaine, olive oil, spices and grilled chicken for a flavorful meal that will make you feel like royalty—even if you’re eating it off of a paper plate.
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