This grilled chicken Caesar salad is just like in the restaurants… straight to your dinner table!

How To Make Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad
The marinated grilled chicken breasts add a delicious and healthy boost of protein to the typical caesar salad.
Prep:
15 mins
Marinate Time:
4 hrs
Cook:
10 mins
Total:
4 hrs 25 mins
Ingredients
- 7 chicken breasts, boneless
For Marinade:
- 1 cup olive oil
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- ½ tsp dried marjoram
- salt and pepper, to taste
For Salad:
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 Romaine lettuce, large heads, gently torn into bite-sized pieces
- 1 cup croutons
- ¼ cup anchovies, diced, (optional)
- ½ cup Parmesan cheese, freshly grated
For Dressing:
- ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ cup red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 2 egg yolk, cooked, mashed
- 2 oz blue cheese, or Roquefort, mashed
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Combine all the marinade ingredients in a bowl and mix well.
- Place the chicken in a large baking dish and pour the marinade over the chicken.
- Marinate in the refrigerator for 4 hours or best overnight to let the flavors set in and make the chicken more tender.
- When the chicken has marinated for a sufficient time, place it on a hot grill and grill for 7 to 10 minutes per side until the juices run clear.
- Place the chicken on a platter to cool down then slice into thin strips. Set aside.
- Rub the insides of a large salad bowl with the garlic cloves and then discard the cloves.
- Combine the salad ingredients together in the bowl then place the chicken over the salad.
- Combine the dressing ingredients and mix well.
- Pour over salad and toss to combine. Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Sugar: 1g
- :
- Calcium: 243mg
- Calories: 1002kcal
- Carbohydrates: 8g
- Cholesterol: 201mg
- Fat: 88g
- Fiber: 1g
- Iron: 3mg
- Monounsaturated Fat: 56g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 11g
- Potassium: 518mg
- Protein: 44g
- Saturated Fat: 18g
- Sodium: 463mg
- Trans Fat: 1g
- Vitamin A: 1390IU
- Vitamin C: 6mg
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