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Not Just Another Chicken Caesar Salad From Ali Slagle
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KDH9966
May 23, 2024
oh wow…this was amazing and even the couple weird little steps was worth it! this will be my go-to ceasar from now on!!
Linsey S.
April 30, 2024
This MIGHT, MIGHT be the best Caesar Dressing I have made. My reigning champ is from Jonathan Waxman and is far more traditional. I say that it MIGHT be better, because it's possible I loved Ali's so much because I splurged on a new brand of anchovies, and they were pretty spectacular. So rather than the couple buck cheapies I typically grab I spent a whopping $8 on the ones from Fishwife Tinned Fish Co. and honestly I would do it again! Truly only seems fair to judge Waxman's against Ali's after trying his with the "fancy" anchovies. At any rate, the salad was delicious. While you don't really need to let the chicken marinade in that dressing, I do wish I had left it in a bit longer-- not because the result I got wasn't delicious. It was! But I can only imagine what a little bit more time might have given it. I used chicken breast versus thighs here. My beef with the recipe lies in the lack of detail around the amount of lettuce. "Few Heads"? A bit of a hint on overall volume of greens would have been helpful. I opted for little gem lettuce, and enjoyed that versus plain romaine a great deal! Loved the "quick crouton" as well. Will make again... and again....
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April 15, 2024
Absolutely love this dish. We coat the chicken thighs in the dressing, and pop on the grill. The caesar salad portion of the dish is on the side. I never thought I'd like chicken thighs until we made this dish. We've made it about five times, and are about to make it for company this coming weekend.
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May 21, 2023
Delicious! No vampires will get me tonight (or maybe for the next couple days).
judy
May 13, 2023
I make a ceasar-type salad just about every night. Throw chicken or shrimp or ham or beef int the mix when I have left over's. I like my dressing with a little mayo, lemon juice, Wooster, dijon, garlic, black cracked pepper. We have moved on from just romain lettuce to whatever mixed leaves we can find. Add in a few tomatoes, croutons and parmesan. the dressing and cheese make the salad, and the rest, as my father said, can be made from stuff one wants to clean out of the fridge. So good. It had become an almost nightly first course. We always add raw chopped air fry veggies to up the nutrition content and crunch factor.
Lynn
April 20, 2023
Absolutely delicious! I cheated and used half a rotisserie chicken, which was a perfect amount. Two days later when I made it again (because had the other half of the chicken) I ran out of mayo and used half Greek yogurt, which was undetectable. Husband loved it!
mimolette
March 29, 2023
Wow, wow, wow! Great genius and keeper of a recipe. Thank you Ali and Kristen.
noramaye
January 30, 2023
This was so good! I love caesar salads but had never made one at home before. I loved everything about it & followed the recipe as written. In the future I'll make it with chicken breasts because after a few days in the fridge, the chicken thighs were a little slimy. I didn't think that coating the chicken in the sauce did much for the chicken (& it made it hard to cook on stainless steel) so in the future I will just season the chicken as I normally would & pan fry it.
Lisa T.
January 22, 2023
I made this today and the only substitution was Worcestershire instead of soy sauce. I made my own mayonnaise with avocado oil and otherwise followed both the recipe and the procedure. Tossing the lettuce with lemon juice and salt prior to dressing was a revelation. This is a great iteration of Caesar salad. I loved it!
Annie
September 25, 2022
Wonderfully delicious Caesar salad - dressing. Oh my so good. The dressing was tasty on BLT sandwiches the next day, and then slathered on broiled swordfish the day after. And then sadly it was gone. : (
MBE
June 13, 2022
Delicious! The only change I would make would be to toast the croutons in the drippings from cooking the chicken. One less skillet to clean and they could soak up all that yumminess! Easy to do while chicken is resting.
brushjl
May 30, 2022
Omg fantastic. I followed the recipe exactly, except for the anchovies (sorry!), and it was still delicious. I used duke's mayonnaise, my favorite. Really really great caesar salad.
Marian M.
May 11, 2022
My new go-to Caesar dressing. I haven’t tried it with the chicken yet. Oh, don’t worry that’s next. As a previous commenter mentioned, “adding lemon to lettuce, genius!” I had extra lemon juice so I added to the dressing. Oh so delish!. Made the salad for an impromptu dinner party; went together quickly, even with the homemade croutons. The tip for using sliced bread, then cutting into cubes after, genius! Thank you.
Clare C.
May 1, 2022
I guess I wouldn’t call this marinating the chicken. It’s more like a dipping sauce. Although, given the fat content of chicken thighs, it probably wouldn’t make much difference as far as juiciness of the chicken is concerned.
It would be worthwhile to actually use the dipping sauce as a marinade for chicken breast. I know chicken breasts have fallen out of favor with gourmands, who no longer eat them, but some of us still like them, especially when they have their moisture content increased by marinating.
It would be worthwhile to actually use the dipping sauce as a marinade for chicken breast. I know chicken breasts have fallen out of favor with gourmands, who no longer eat them, but some of us still like them, especially when they have their moisture content increased by marinating.
draya3
May 1, 2022
This salad was just insanely good. That squeeze of lemon on the romaine is truly genius!
Noreen
April 30, 2022
The recipe looks very delicious! What knife are you using? I’m looking for one just like that and would appreciate recommendations(s). Thanks!
meli6
April 28, 2022
When I read this recipe I thought it was brilliant. Easy weeknight dinner. A new take on Ceasar salad. So I purchased the book. Followed the recipe exactly, my family loved it. Looking forward to cooking recipes from my new cookbook.
cabirdy
April 26, 2022
My husband thought this was of "restaurant quality". I subbed about 1/2 Greek yogurt for the mayo...I felt like that was too much mayo for us and also didn't use all the dressing. Fried up some coarse panko with some olive oil and Old Bay seasoning to add extra crunch, and served extra anchovies on top. Divine.
bryan W.
April 26, 2022
This recipe is perfection. I marinated the chicken for a few hours but otherwise followed to the letter. Brilliant
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