The Best Homemade Caesar Salad Recipe

the best homemade caesar salad recipe

Just in case you didn't know, my husband was a chef in his past life. You can read a little bit more about that here. We used to own a restaurant and his brother taught him how to cook over the course of about 12-15 years. He actually hired me as a hostess right after I moved back to St. George from being a nanny in Connecticut...and the rest is history. wink wink. Anyway, for my first recipe post on Love Utah Life, I thought we would share one of our favorite dinner recipes, the best homemade Caesar salad recipe ever!

This Caesar recipe is super rich with flavor! If you serve it with chicken or another type of meat, it's a full meal in itself. If you like a mild Caesar taste, you probably won't like this recipe. But if you like a hearty, garlicky, spicy, authentic Caesar salad, you will love this recipe! It's also super simple to put together--the hardest part is peeling the garlic and BBQ'ing the chicken (if you do chicken.) But the dressing is super quick and easy and it tastes so good on a Caesar pita wrap too! Or you could do it on a good ciabatta bun with a chicken sandwich. We like to make extra so we have some leftover to use throughout the week...it's so satisfying...especially with a glass of good cabernet! You're probably supposed to drink it with a white wine but I always go red. It would be delicious with Jason's Chicken Pesto Pasta which we are planning on making soon so stay tuned!

Save the recipe below on Pinterest so you can find it easily and scroll through the photos for a step by step instructional layout.

Let me know if you make it and how it turned out!

Recipe for Homemade Caesar Salad Dressing

homemade caesar salad dressing recipe
Place chicken breasts on a cookie sheet to begin seasoning them...
Add about a teaspoon of olive oil to each chicken breast before seasoning to prevent sticking on the BBQ.
We just use salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning for our BBQ'd chicken breasts.
Sprinkle salt, pepper, and Italian Seasoning on each side of chicken breasts and rub in to cover evenly.
Place on a hot BBQ for about 3-5 minutes each side, or until cooked throug at 160 degrees.
Cook your chicken breasts and chop however you like...we chop ours into small bite sized pieces...
Peeling garlic is kind of tedious, but it's easier if you chop the ends off each clove first! If the peel doesn't come off easily after doing this, smush the clove with the flat side of a kitchen knife and then peel the clove.
Have we mentioned how much we love our Ninja Blender? We use it almost every day! What's your favorite blender or food processor tool?
We love the Simple Truth Organic Dijon Mustard and we love our Ninja Blender!
A quick look at all the ingredients we used
To juice the lemon the easy way, slice it in half...
And squeeze the lemon into the blender right side up so that the seeds don't fall into the blender...you can of course use a lemon juicer but we like to use as few dishes as possible! Lol 🙂
We actually don't measure precise amounts...we eyeball almost everything unless we are baking...
Add all the ingredients to your Ninja Blender...and pulse thoroughly until creamy and delicious!
The Ninja Blender is our favorite! It always produces a creamy consistency and blends smooth!
Add the olives, shredded parmesan, romaine, and dressing to a large bowl and toss away!
Make sure to cover every piece of lettuce! Add more or less dressing depending on how rich you like it.
We made garlic bread with Ciabatta buns. Melt butter, chop garlic, add a little salt and pepper, and broil in the oven for just a few minutes. Make sure not to let them burn!
Keep a close eye on your garlic bread!
Place on individual plates with chicken and garlic bread. You can also toss the chicken with the dressing if you'd like. Sprinkle a bit more parmesan cheese on top and enjoy!
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