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Spicy Caesar Salad

I came up with this recipe for date night upon request. It's a combination of multiple recipes that I found online, and used to make something that matched my specific desires and tastes. You can find the two recipes I based this on here, and here. A few of the changes I made were to remove the mayonaise, include anchovy paste, and a few changes to the order of actions.

45 minutes to prepare, makes about 5 servings.

Ingredients





















Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F, and cut your 1/2 sour dough loaf into crouton sized pieces.
  2. Drizzle a baking tray with EVOO and minced garlic. Spread out the soon-to-be croutons on the tray.
  3. Lightly top croutons with parsley, black pepper, sea salt, and paprika, or to taste.
  4. Set a timer and bake until light golden (about 10 to 12 minutes)
  5. Chop romaine into 1 inch slices and add them to a salad tosser.
  6. Using a cheese grater shave in thin slices of parmesan until lettuce is generously dusted, or to taste. Set aside.
  7. Combine 2 tbsp Sriracha sauce, 1 tbsp worcestershire sauce, 2 tbsp lemon juice, crushed red pepper, ginger powder, and 2 tbsp red wine vinegar in large bowl.
  8. Cut Chicken breasts into thin slices for frying, and place them in the bowl with the marinade for 10 to 30 minutes.
  9. Fry in cooking oil on medium heat as desired.
  10. In a bowl whisk together 3 tbsp greek yogurt, 1 tbsp red wine vingar, 2 tbsp dijon mustard.
  11. Once combined, begin adding EVOO until desired consistency. Whisk until combined.
  12. Add 1 tsp worcestershire sauce to mix, 1 tbsp lemon juice, and 3 tbsp anchovy paste (to taste, if you like it).
  13. (Optional) Add honey to taste.
  14. Combine lettuce, chicken, and croutons in a large serving bowl. Dress just before serving, and toss.
  15. Right before serving, lightly dust with paprika, black pepper, and parsley.

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Made this on 11/16/24, tasted fantasic. When I make this again I would look out for over-doing the croutons, and over-cooking the chicken. It was almost a little too easy to get it tough. The fresh parmesan made a huge difference here, and using a high amount of anchovy paste in the dressing helped a great deal as well.

Also made the leftover ingredients into a sandwich two days after.