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Easy Classic Caesar Salad

If you like classic flavors, try the Caesar Salad recipe. Make a wonderful salad with lettuce, anchovies and Parmesan cheese, along with a creamy caesar vinaigrette.

October 21, 2021
Classic Caesar SaladPhoto By Canva
Difficulty Easy
Servings 6 people
Preparation 30 mins
Cooking 5 mins
Total 35 mins

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Start with chopping anchovy fillets, garlic, and a pinch of salt together. Mash them into a paste with the help of the flat side of the knife.
  2. After it's perfectly mashed, scrape them into a medium dish. Whisk together the egg yolks, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, and the mustard. Gradually whisk in olive oil, then add vegetable oil until the dressing is thick and shiny. Whisk in the Parmesan cheese. You can also add salt, pepper, and an additional amount of lemon juice as per your liking.
  3. Make your version. Tearing the bread rather than chopping it ensures that there are nooks and crannies to catch the dressing and it also provides texture. Preheat the oven to 375 ℉. In a frying pan, cover the bread with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. For about 10–15 minutes, keep on turning the bread from time to time, and bake until brown.
  4. Use entire leaves for the best combination of crispness, surface area, and structure.
  5. Grate a small piece of parmesan cheese with a vegetable peeler.
  6. Toss the lettuce, croutons, and dressing with your hands, then top with the thinly sliced Parmesan cheese.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 Classic Caesar Salad
Serves 6
Amount Per Serving
Calories324
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 30 g38.5%
Sodium 579 mg25.2%
Cholesterol 52 mg17.3%
Protein 5 g10%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Tips

  • Serve the salad right away or leave it refrigerated until you're ready to eat it. Make sure to keep any leftover dressing refrigerated and not let it for more than 2 hours.
  • Whole anchovies can be replaced with 1 tablespoon (15g) of anchovy paste.
  • Pasteurized egg yolk or 1 tablespoon mayonnaise can be used to replace the raw egg yolk.
Rate This Recipe

The Classic Caesar Salad is one of your go-to dishes for a refreshing appetite. Cold crispy texture, moderate bitterness, and salty sauces are inexhaustibly revitalizing and delicious. Caesar Salad recipe is pretty easy to make. You just need to add the appetizing ingredients and prepare gently. You can play with the recipe and add your own touch to it.

Mixing Parmesan cheese, egg yolks, and extra-virgin olive oil creates a delightful dressing texture that isn't too thick. Top the salad with freshly cracked black pepper, crispy croutons, and a few slivers of crispy cheese.

Is Caesar Salad Keto?

Most Cesar salads are not keto; however it can be taken in little amounts in Keto diets as it consists of a small amount of carbs. Caesar salad, with a few adjustments, may easily fit into a keto diet. Eliminate the Worcestershire sauce (which contains extra sugar) and use Romano over Parmesan cheese (which has fewer carbohydrates per gram).

How To Make Chicken Caesar Salad?

In a mixing bowl, mix all of the ingredients for a keto Caesar salad dressing. After coating it with the dressing, place this in the refrigerator. In the meantime, make the crisp with parmesan cheese. Simply substitute pure Parmesan for the cheddar and Parmesan combination. Toss the salad ingredients together well. Toss the romaine lettuce, tomatoes, and chicken in a mixing dish. When the Parmesan crisps are cold enough to handle, break them up into smaller pieces and put them into the salad. Dress the keto Caesar salad with the dressing of your choice. Combine this salad with a low-carb Caesar salad and dressing, then serve.

How To Make Caesar Salad Dressing?

The caesar salad dressing is simple to make and just requires a bowl and a whisk. This Caesar dressing is lightweight and nutritious, and it has a bunch of fresh taste without the need for a lot of salt.

To make Caesar Salad Dressing, start off by whisking lemon juice, garlic, Dijon mustard, blended Anchovy paste, and some Worcestershire sauce. To the whisked blend add some mayonnaise, salt, pepper, and Parmigiano-Reggiano, and smooth it out with a hand blender. The dressing will keep for approximately a week in the refrigerator.

What To Serve with Caesar Salad?

Here are our some delicious recipes that you can serve with Caesar Salad:

Recipe variations

  • Protein-rich Sprouts: Adding sprouts to the Caesar salad gives it a new flavor and nutritional twist. Adding a handful to your newly reworked recipe provides a serving size boost of essential vitamins and minerals.
  • Tangy Tomatoes: Tomatoes are a typical element to salads, but not Caesar salads; hence, introducing them to your remixed version will provide an extra element to its deliciousness.
  • Sunflower Seeds: Sunflower seeds provide crispness to Caesar salads while also providing a dose of vitamin E and magnesium.
  • Carrots: Include cleaned and sliced carrots in your Caesar salad. It will boost the salad's flavor while also adding colors to this beautiful dish.
  • Chopped Nuts: Just like sunflower seeds, chopped nuts give the Caesar salad a crisp texture while also giving another excellent source of protein. There is a wide range of nuts to select from, including cashews, peanuts, almonds, and walnuts.

How To Store Caesar Salad?

You can cover the salad bowl with plastic cling film. Put in an airtight container. Refrigerate the salad for up to a week to keep it fresh. When storing the Caesar salad in the refrigerator, put the salad dressing and lettuce in separate containers. Also, dry the greens thoroughly before removing them. Pour the salad dressing just before serving the salad.

As with other types of salad, Caesar salad should not be frozen. Lettuce or mayonnaise in caesar salad does not freeze well.

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