Chicken Caesar salad - what is in it?

[Themasterandmargaritas]

There are so many variations around, what is in a true caesar salad?

chicken (of course)
anchovies
parmesan shavings
cos lettuce
dressing
croutons

Thanks bella, can you enlighten me on what goes into the dressing?

Hi TMAM

Quick caesar dressing (aka cheats/lazyarse version) here

roman generals

yum
anchovies

Raw egg yolks,
Parmesan
Lemon juice
Anchovies
Parsley
Olive oil

Cos lettuce

Croutons

Fresh Paremsan and anchovies to garnish

rub the salad bowl with cut clove of garlic

Ummmmm, yum.

Thanks, now tell me do I just grill the chicken as normal? No secret marinade?

Not sure I can get cos lettuce here, so it may have to be just on 'leaves'

Forgot the garlic
You can use baby gem or at a push use iceberg. It needs to be a robust type of lettuce as the dressing is so punchy.

Yes grill the chicken. Chicken(or anything else) is a later addition, it was originally served on its own.

We have some icebergs in the garden (lettuces obviously not real icebergs they would melt )

Interesting Carmenere, where did it originate from?

It originate in Mexico or Florida, can't remember exactly. Basically some luminary arrived into a posh hotel late after the kitchen closed. The chef (Ceasar Cardini) was asked to throw something together and had nowt left apart from those ingredients and so Ceasar salad was born.

have a lovely lunch