Sunday lunch: chicken Caesar salad
There was a time when I used to make this every Thursday night. Then Tesco's Healthy Eating ready meals made my cooking redundant.
The other night I offered to relieve Dr B.'s grumpiness and frustration at not sleeping much because of continuous calls from work (he is on 24-hour support until the end of the weekend) by cooking a chicken Caesar salad. Halfway through it, we looked at each other and realised how much we'd both missed it.
A word of warning: although this is called 'salad', and my version is the healthiest around, the basic ingredients are very nutritious, and the whole thing can set you back several hundred calories, depending on quantity.
Ingredients
- Romaine or Cos lettuce
- Chicken breast, whole
- Thin smoked bacon rashers, light (or trimmed of all fat)
- Blue cheese, crumbled
- Caesar salad dressing
- Oil and vinegar
Preparation
- Sear the chicken breasts on high heat on both sides in a non-stick pan
- Turn the heat down, cover and let the chicken cook through slowly
- In another non-stick pan, fry the bacon
- Cut the bacon in small pieces
- Chop and rinse the letttuce
- Dress the lettuce in a little olive oil and vinegar
- Place lettuce on large plates
- Slice chicken sideways thinly and place on lettuce
- Sprinkle with the chopped bacon and cheese
- Top with Caesar salad dressing
Chicken Caesar salad, originally uploaded by bitful.
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