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Chicken Caesar Salad Bowl
Seared chicken breast over torn romaine with garlic croutons, shaved parmesan and a proper anchovy-and-garlic Caesar dressing whisked by hand, no bottle needed. Savoury, rich and built for a training-day appetite.
- Serves
- 4
- Prep
- 20min
- Cook
- 15min
- Total
- 35min
Programs: Muscle Gain, Maintenance, Blood Sugar

Per serving
- Calories
- 724kcal
- Protein
- 38.4g
- Carbs
- 20.6g
- Fat
- 54.7g
- Fibre
- 3g
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Ingredients
For 4 servings · MetricUS
- 500gchicken breast filletsone pack
- 1 tspsalt
- 1 tspblack pepper
- 1 tspgarlic powder
- 1 tspsmoked paprika
- 1 tbspolive oil
- 100gcrusty sourdough, cubedabout half a small loaf
- 2 clovesgarlic, minced
- 30gbutter
- 1 pinchsalt
- 2 clovesgarlic, minced
- 150gmayonnaisefrom a 400g jar
- 1 tspDijon mustard
- 1 tspWorcestershire sauce
- 1 tspanchovy paste
- 2 tbsplemon juice
- 40gparmesan, finely grated
- ¼ tspsalt
- ¼ tspblack pepper
- 2 tbspolive oil
- 2romaine hearts, tornabout 300g
- 50gparmesan, shaved
- 1¼ lbchicken breast filletsone pack
- 1 tspsalt
- 1 tspblack pepper
- 1 tspgarlic powder
- 1 tspsmoked paprika
- 1 tbspolive oil
- 3½ ozcrusty sourdough, cubedabout 3 cups
- 2 clovesgarlic, minced
- 2 tbspbutter
- 1 pinchsalt
- 2 clovesgarlic, minced
- 2/3 cupmayonnaiseabout 150g
- 1 tspDijon mustard
- 1 tspWorcestershire sauce
- 1 tspanchovy paste
- 2 tbsplemon juice
- 1/3 cupparmesan, finely gratedabout 40g
- ¼ tspsalt
- ¼ tspblack pepper
- 2 tbspolive oil
- 2romaine hearts, tornabout 10 oz
- 1¾ ozparmesan, shavedabout 50g
02
Method
Cook the chicken.
Pat the chicken dry and rub with the salt, pepper, garlic powder and smoked paprika.
Heat the olive oil in a pan over medium-high and cook the chicken for 6 to 7 minutes a side, until it hits 75C in the middle.
Rest for 5 minutes, then slice.
Make the croutons.
Melt the butter in a separate pan over medium heat with the garlic.
Add the cubed sourdough and toss until every side picks up colour, 5 to 6 minutes.
Season with a pinch of salt and tip onto kitchen paper.
Make the dressing.
Whisk the garlic, mayonnaise, Dijon, Worcestershire, anchovy paste and lemon juice together until smooth.
Fold in the parmesan, season, then loosen with the olive oil until it coats a spoon without running off it.
Assemble the salad.
Toss the romaine through most of the dressing in a large bowl.
Divide between four bowls, top with the sliced chicken, croutons and shaved parmesan, then finish with the remaining dressing.