Easy Chicken Caesar Salad is a light, yet filling entree, with grilled chicken breast on crisp romaine lettuce, with Parmesan cheese, croutons, and bottled dressing!
Do you enjoy Chicken Caesar Salad? We sure do, in our home! We have one for dinner every couple of weeks (especially in the summer), and it continues to be a family favorite meal.
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How Do You Season The Chicken For This Salad?
Whenever we grill chicken and use my Mom’s trusty chicken basting sauce (been using her recipe for over 40 years), I always try to grill two extra breasts to put aside for this salad!
That way, the chicken is ready to go, any time we want to have this salad for dinner!
Having the chicken already grilled makes this a very quick meal to make. Whether you use leftover chicken breasts, or grill them on an indoor grill, in the skillet, or on your BBQ, make sure you have a cooked, seasoned chicken breast for each salad!
When you are ready to make the chicken Caesar salad, slice a head of romaine lettuce into thin strips. I typically buy romaine hearts (these have a lot of the darker outside leaves taken off) for this salad, but it really doesn’t matter.
So How Do I Make The Salad?
If using romaine hearts, one whole one should be enough for two entree salads. Place the thinly sliced romaine lettuce into a large bowl.
Squeeze the juice of half a lemon over the lettuce, making sure to catch and remove any seeds that try to jump in!
Now, I have seen so many recipes to make homemade Caesar dressing with anchovies, etc. in it but when you want a quick dinner, what I use is bottled salad dressing!
We have used Cardini’s Caesar dressing for many, many years. Caesar Cardini is the man who is known for creating Caesar salads, and we have found this dressing to be the very best tasting one on the market!
Obviously, you can use whatever Caesar dressing you wish but we give this one (found in most grocery stores or on Amazon a thumbs up, for sure!
Add The Caesar Salad Dressing
Pour the desired amount of salad dressing you like over the lettuce in the bowl and then toss the salad, to combine.
TIP: After the lettuce has been tossed with the salad dressing add the grated Parmesan cheese! Because the lettuce has salad dressing on it, the cheese will stick and not fall to the bottom of the bowl.
That is the best tip I’ve ever found for making a Caesar salad! After adding the grated Parmesan cheese, mix to fully combine the ingredients.
Serving The Easy Chicken Caesar Salad
Portion the salad into 2 serving bowls or onto individual plates. Place crunchy croutons on top and add a couple thin slices of lemon to dish as a garnish.
Adding lemon slices looks good for presentation, and as a bonus, each person can squeeze additional lemon juice on their salad, if desired.
Slice the precooked grilled chicken breasts into thin slices. Place the sliced chicken on top of the salad, slightly fanning out the slices across the top of the salad (shown below).
The chicken can be hot or chilled, and we have served it both ways over the years. My personal preference is to serve the chicken slices hot!
Garnish your easy chicken Caesar salad with additional Parmesan cheese on top, if desired. Serve and enjoy this absolutely YUMMY entree salad!
I really hope you enjoy this classic grilled chicken Caesar salad and trust you and those you love will enjoy it as much as we do!
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Looking for More MAIN DISH SALAD Recipes?
You can find ALL of my recipes in the Recipe Index, which is located at the top of the page. I have some fabulous main dish salad recipes to choose from, including:
- Grilled Chili & Lime Chicken Fajita Salad
- Strawberry Avocado Spinach Salad with Grilled Chicken
- Creole Salmon Caesar Salad
- Cobb Salad
- Chicken Taco Salad Bowl
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↓↓ PRINTABLE RECIPE BELOW ↓↓
- 2 small boneless, skinless chicken breasts , pre-grilled or baked
- 1 head romaine lettuce (I use romaine hearts)
- 1/2 large lemon
- 1/4 cup Caesar salad dressing
- 1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese
- 3 Tablespoons croutons , for garnish
- 4 thin slices lemon , for garnish
NOTE: Having the chicken already grilled makes this a very quick meal to make... BUT... whether you use leftover chicken breasts, or grill them on an indoor grill, in the skillet, or on your BBQ, simply make sure you have a small, cooked, lightly seasoned boneless chicken breast for each salad!
Place thinly sliced romaine into large bowl. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon over lettuce, catching any seeds that try to jump in! Pour desired amount of salad dressing over lettuce, then mix to combine.
After the lettuce has the salad dressing on it, THEN add grated Parmesan cheese! Because the lettuce has salad dressing on it, the cheese will stick to it, and not fall to the bottom of the bowl. Mix to fully combine ingredients.
Portion salad into 2 serving bowls or plates. Place croutons on top, and add a couple thin slices of lemon to dish as a garnish.
Slice precooked grilled chicken breasts into thin slices. Place chicken slices on top of salad, fanning out the slices across the salad. The chicken can be hot or chilled... we serve it both ways. Garnish salad with additional grated Parmesan cheese, if desired. Serve, and enjoy this absolutely YUMMY entree salad!
NOTE: Caloric calculation is approximate, based on a 4 ounce chicken breast per serving. Caloric count will vary, due to weight of chicken and amount / type of salad dressing used.
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