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Fried Chicken Caesar Salad

Ingredients

  • 1 large head romaine lettuce, chopped, washed and dried
  • 1 small red onion, very thinly sliced
  • ½ cup golden raisins
  • ¼ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
  • 6 slices smoked bacon, crisp fried and chopped
  • ½ cup good Caesar salad dressing
  • 3/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 tbsp smoked paprika
  • 1 tsp chipotle powder (optional)
  • 1 tbsp garlic powder
  • 1/2 tsp ground sage
  • 1 tsp ground thyme
  • 1 1/2 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into about 4 fingers (4 chicken breasts)
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Fried Chicken Caesar Salad

 

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Fried Chicken Caesar Salad. Maybe the perfect lunch salad. Boneless fried chicken fingers get served atop a crisp caesar salad with a homemade roasted garlic caesar dressing. Fried Chicken Caesar Salad.   Who doesn’t love a good Caesar salad? This standard crowd-pleaser however can get a little…well…boring. So, any time you can find a new twist on a classic, I consider that to be a very good thing. An outstanding example would be one that’s legendary at our house, our Radicchio Almond Caesar Salad. That would be an excellent choice to add boneless fried chicken to as well. Radicchio Caesar Salad Last week when we featured the outstanding recipe for Smoky Spiced Fried Chicken I added a couple of extra chicken breasts to the brine. I brined them in order to make this idea for a Fried Chicken Caesar Salad. Brining is not necessary for this recipe though. However if you choose to, just use the brining mixture from the Smoky Spiced Fried Chicken recipe mentioned above. For me, crisp cooked, chopped bacon is an essential ingredient in Caesar Salad I borrowed a couple of ideas from our radicchio salad to create yet another excellent Caesar variation. Brining the chicken adds extra levels of flavor and moisture.  However, this recipe can be made with plain, unbrined boneless, skinless chicken breast pieces as well. You can use your own favorite Caesar dressing if you like or if you want to try your hand at a fantastic homemade version, find my standard Roasted Garlic Caesar Salad Dressing here. Besides the fried chicken I added some thinly sliced red onion. For little sweet chewy bursts of taste and texture, some golden raisins were sprinkled in. Toasted almonds would also be a good addition. Fried Chicken Caesar Salad. Looking for more tasty chicken dinner ideas? Be sure to check out this newly updated collection of Our Top Ten Chicken Dinners from more than a decade online. These have been made literally millions of times and get the best reviews from our followers. Originally published July, 2012. Updated May, 2020. Like this Fried Chicken Caesar Salad recipe? You’ll find hundreds of other great ideas in our Quick & Easy Dinners Category and even more in our Chicken Recipes Category. It’s easy to keep up with the latest home style cooking & baking ideas from Rock Recipes. Be sure to follow Rock Recipes Facebook Page and follow us on Instagram.  Plus you’ll see daily recipe suggestions from decadent desserts to quick delicious weekday meals too.  You can also sign up for our FREE newsletter to know immediately when we add new recipes. You’ll also get weekly suggestions for great family friendly  meals and desserts too! Rock Recipes a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Our product recommendations are almost exclusively for those we currently use or have used in the past.   Visit my Amazon Store for my favourite kitchen gadgets and appliances, plus recommendations from my personal cookbook collection.
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