Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad

A good grilled chicken caesar salad made with the easiest, 1 minute dressing. This salad is loaded with flavour from char-grilled chicken breasts, croutons, lettuce, anchovies and shavings of parmesan cheese. Hands down one of our favourite simple salads!

This caesar salad has been a favourite of ours for a while now. When we think of a grilled chicken caesar salad this is exactly how we what it to be.

It's got juicy char-grilled chicken, crunchy fresh lettuce and a creamy and tangy dressing all topped with shavings of parmesan cheese and croutons. Amaaaazing how could this not taste good!?

There's one slightly unusual ingredient in this salad that we love and it takes this salad to another level. Marinated pickled white anchovies! They're not fishy in the slightest nor salty, they're pickly and good and honestly so good with this salad.

FYI: There are salted anchovy fillets in here too but don't confuse them with the pickled ones (totally different).

Also don't hate on the iceberg! This lettuce gets such a bad rap but we love it especially. It's fresh and crunchy and is so great with the tangy dressing.

How To Make This Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad – Step By Step

Cut the sliced crusty bread into cubes and add to a baking tray, drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with salt then bake in the oven until lightly toasted (2-3 minutes) (photo 1).

Grill the chicken breasts on a hot griddle pan until charred on both sides and cooked all the way through (don't use any oil). Set aside to cool on a board (photo 2).

Tip: Let the chicken cool while you make the rest of the salad before cutting. That way all the flavour and juices stay inside the chicken. If you cut it too soon the juices will run out, it'll dry out and not have as much flavour.

How To Make The Caesar Salad Homemade Dressing

Add the mayonnaise and sour cream to a bowl. Finely chop two salted anchovies and add it to the bowl with the minced garlic. Add a sprinkling of pepper and a tiny pinch of salt. Mix to combine.

Roughly chop the iceberg lettuce and add to a large mixing bowl with the croutons, marinated anchovies and capers (photo 4).

Slice the chicken into small strips and add to the rest of the salad with the dressing. Toss the salad until everything is thoroughly coated in the dressing. Serve in big bowls with shavings of parmesan and sprinkling of pepper (photo 5-6).

Seee so easy and so good! As you know We're all about comfort food and this chicken caesar salad is totally that for us. Even if you can't get your hands on the pickled anchovies (you should be able to find them in the deli section of your supermarket) that's totally fine. It's so good without too!

Ingredients

Makes 4 people

• 2 large chicken breasts
• 3 thick slices crusty bread
• 1 heaped tbsp mayonnaise
• 2 heaped tbsp sour cream
• 1 tsp capers
• 2 salted anchovy fillets
• 1.7 oz (50g) marinated pickled white anchovy fillets
• 1/2 garlic clove (,minced)
• 1 small-medium iceberg lettuce (, washed and dried)
• 1 tbsp (roughly) Parmesan cheese (,for topping)
• 1/2 tbsp olive oil
• salt and pepper

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4.

2. Cut the sliced crusty bread into cubes and add to a baking tray, drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with salt then bake in the oven until lightly toasted (2-3 minutes).

3. Grill the chicken breasts on a hot griddle pan until charred on both sides and cooked all the way through. Set aside to cool on a board.

4. Add the mayonnaise and sour cream to a bowl. Finely chop two salted anchovies and add it to the bowl with the minced garlic. Add a sprinkling of pepper and a tiny pinch of salt. Mix to combine.

5. Roughly chop the iceberg lettuce and add to a large mixing bowl with the croutons, marinated anchovies and capers.

6. Slice the chicken into small strips and add to the rest of the salad with the dressing. Toss the salad until everything is thoroughly coated in the dressing. Serve in big bowls with shavings of parmesan and sprinkling of pepper.

Kitchen notes

• Tip: Let the chicken cool while you make the rest of the salad before cutting. That way all the flavour and juices stay inside the chicken. If you cut it too soon the juices will run out.
• You should be able to find marinated pickled white anchovy fillets in the deli section of your supermarket. If you don't leave them out, this salad is still good without.