As well as it is necessary to any popular dish, the recipe of "Caesar" has acquired an infinite number of variations that have been forgotten about the classics for a long time. The original recipe included only leaves of lettuce, croutons and spicy cheese with original dressing. And only recently in its composition for the satiety began to add fish, seafood or chicken.
Delicious Caesar salad with chicken and croutons - classic recipe
Ingredients:
For salad:
- baguette - 1 piece;
- a bunch of lettuce;
- chicken fillet - 275 g;
- Parmesan - 75 g;
- tomato - 1 pc .;
- clove of garlic;
- extra virgin olive oil - 85 ml;
- salt, peppers.
For sauce:
- Worcestershire sauce - 15 g;
- clove of garlic;
- peas of black pepper - 5 pcs .;
- yolk - 3 pieces;
- olive oil (quality) - 65 ml;
- lemon juice - 10 g;
- salt;
- Dijon mustard.
Preparation
Grate the fillets with salt and a mixture of different peppers (black, red, white), cover with a film and send in the cold marinate for 2 hours.
Immediately start making crunches for "Caesar". In the frying pan pour olive oil, heat, throw into it sliced large garlic. Fry until golden brown, then remove it, it will no longer be needed. Baguette cut into cubes, pre-cut the crust. Fry the resulting slices to a rosy surface.
Then in a hot frying pan fry whole pieces of chicken fillet on each side. Do not cover the frying pan.
Now proceed with the sauce. In a mortar rub out a clove of garlic, a pea of pepper and a pinch of salt, add a wester, raw yolks and mix. Add drop by drop and whisk intensively. Now add lemon juice and mustard. Finally mix the mass.
And now, collect the salad: grate the dish with garlic cloves and put large pieces of lettuce leaves. Sprinkle them with sauce and sprinkle with chopped parmesan cheese. On top, place the sliced fillets and sprinkle with the sauce again. Now throw a handful of crackers, which also soak a little sauce and tear with parmesan cheese. If desired, add the tomato, sliced in small slices, which also tear cheese and immediately serve.
The classic recipe for Caesar salad with shrimps and croutons
Ingredients:
For salad:
- a handful of ruddy toast;
- wine vinegar - 25 ml;
- olive oil - 35 ml;
- crushed garlic - 1 teaspoon;
- dijon sharp mustard - 10 g;
- the head of lettuce;
- Parmesan - 65.
For shrimp:
- shrimp - 375 g;
- lemon juice - 25 ml;
- paprika - 10 g;
- flakes of chili - a small pinch;
- handful of green parsley.
Preparation
Fry the shrimps until it is bloated. Immediately sprinkle them all with lemon juice and lightly sprinkle with paprika with chili and finely chopped parsley. Let the shrimp cool down a little while you are engaged in the salad base.
Make a dressing, pouring wine vinegar, oil, spicy mustard with garlic in a jar. Intensively whisk everything until an emulsion of pale color is formed.
Pour the salad and arrange in a suitable dish. Top with a generous handful of fragrant croutons and pour over the dressing. On top, spread the shrimps and finally chaotically spread the thin slices of parmesan.