Chicken Caesar Salad

Edaku — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0300

Caesar salad is one of those recipes that lives or dies on balance: crisp lettuce, a bold and savory dressing, warm chicken, and croutons that keep the whole thing from tasting flat. The original version, created by restaurateur Caesar Cardini, didn’t actually include chicken, but the chicken Caesar is now the version most people know and reach for.

The secret to a good Caesar is the dressing built on egg yolk, mustard, and lemon juice, which needs to be thick enough to cling to the lettuce without turning into something closer to mayonnaise. Anchovies are optional, but they’re what gives the dressing its distinctive savory depth — leave them out and you get something decent; leave them in and it tastes like the real thing.

Caesar Salad on Edaku

Chicken Caesar Salad