Chicken Caesar Salad

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A classic chicken caesar salad made with tender sous vide chicken, bacon, croutons and creamy homemade dressing.

Prep Time30

Cook Time15

Total Time45

Course: Appetizer, Main Course, Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: caesar salad dressing, chicken caesar salad, sous vide chicken caesar

Servings:

Calories: 431kcal

1 cos lettuce 1 large or 2 small, chopped, washed and dried
1 qty homemade caesar dressing see recipe
1 lb chicken breasts cooked and sliced (2 med breasts), see recipe for sous vide chicken breasts
5 oz streaky bacon cooked and chopped, see recipe for combi steam oven bacon
4 eggs cooked/boiled to your liking, peeled and halved, see recipe for perfect boiled eggs
parmesan cheese freshly grated, to finish

Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C, no steam (conventional heat).
Place the bread onto an oven tray and cook until it’s just dried out on the outside.
3 slices bread
Rub both sides of the bread with the cut garlic.
1 clove garlic
Remove crusts and cut into cubes - size is up to you but I go with roughly ½”/1½ cm cubes.
Return the cubed bread to the tray. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt, then bake until golden, about 8-12 minutes. You may have to shake the tray once or twice during cooking to get evenly browned croutons. Set aside to cool.
1 Tbsp olive oil, 1/4 tsp salt

Place lettuce into a mixing bowl with half of the dressing. Toss well, then taste a piece and decide if you need extra dressing.
1 cos lettuce, 1 qty homemade caesar dressing
Transfer the lettuce to a serving bowl or platter. Top with the chicken and eggs, then scatter bacon and croutons over the top. Sprinkle with extra parmesan and serve with extra dressing on the side for those who like it saucy.
3 slices bread, 1 lb chicken breasts, 5 oz streaky bacon, 4 eggs, parmesan cheese

Although you can make the separate components of this dressing well ahead of time, you should only put it together and dress it just before serving.
Nutritional information is for dressing made as per my recipe, with full fat whole egg mayonnaise, and using the entire quantity of dressing.