Simple Way to Prepare Favorite Classic Caesar salad

Classic Caesar salad.

You can cook Classic Caesar salad using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Classic Caesar salad

1. Prepare 1/2 cup of Olive oil.
2. Prepare 4 cloves of garlic, peeled, smashed then minced.
3. You need 4 loaves of bread, sliced into cubes.
4. It's 1/4 cup of freshly juiced lemon.
5. You need 3 of anchovies smashed and minced.
6. You need 1 of egg.
7. You need 300 g of chicken breast fillet, butterflied and malleted.
8. Prepare 1/4 cup of parmesan, grated.
9. Prepare of Salt and pepper.
10. Prepare 250 g of ice berg lettuce, rinsed, patted dry.
11. It's of 1 tbsp Paprika.
12. You need 1/4 cup of butter.

Classic Caesar salad step by step

1. Make the dressing: mix the lemon juice, half the parmesan cheese, egg and anchovies in a mixing bowl and gradually add oil while whisking it to emulsify. The lemon should give an edge to the dressing but not overwhelm it. Salt and pepper to taste..
2. Make the croutons: sprinkle paprika over the sliced bread and mix well. Heat butter in a pan and add the bread cubes, toast well until crispy and browned then remove from heat..
3. Season chicken with salt, pepper and paprika. Pan fry until well done and slice into strips..
4. Tear off chunks of the ice berg lettuce: using your hands, tear off the chunks of the lettuce from its heads. Chop using your hands to desired sizes..
5. Toss lettuce and anchovie dressing together, make sure to not overdress the lettuce as no one likes a soggy salad!.
6. Plate the salad and serve..