Classic Caesar Salad Recipe
I get compliments every time when I make this Classic Caesar Salad. The best choice even if is for lunch or dinner. Be brave enough and do the dressing from scratch as you won't regret a second. The classic Caesar salad recipe was invented in Mexico in 1924 by Caesar Cardini, an Italian who had some restaurants in Mexico and United States.
Ingredients
- 2 pieces chicken breast
- 2 heads cos / romaine lettuce
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 slices bread for croutons
- 40 g parmesan
Ingredients for homemade sauce
- 1 clove of garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 lemon juice
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- vegetable oil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Cut the chicken breast into squares, mix with salt and pepper and a tablespoon of vegetable oil.
- Fry the chicken on the grill.
- Toast the 2 slices of bread and cut it into pieces.
Method for Homemade Caesar Salad Dressing
- In a medium bowl for homemade sauce grate the clove of garlic, add the teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce, the juice from the half of lemon, the teaspoon of Dijon mustard, the egg yolk, salt and pepper and whisk until all combined.
- Gradually add the oil little by little and stir as if you were making mayonnaise.
- Put the torn lettuce on a plate, add the grilled chicken breast together with the croutons and the grated parmesan. In the end put the sauce on top.
- Before you start to eat mix all together.