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This chicken caesar salad is jam-packed with filling ingredients. It’s so flavorful, you won’t believe how simple it is to make!
If you like how hearty and filling this chicken caesar salad is with all the extra fixings, you’ll love this Waldorf Salad and Southwest Salad!
Current Salad Obsession
We’re pretty obsessed with chicken caesar salad around here – it truly is one of my favorite salads!
We wanted to share a simple version of this recipe and we LOVE how it turned out. It’s loaded with bacon, chicken, boiled egg, cherry tomatoes, croutons, Parmesan cheese, and of course, Caesar dressing. This definitely isn’t your classic Caesar salad – it’s the ultimate!!
The real star of this salad is the dressing. It definitely wouldn’t be a caesar salad without caesar dressing. I used Marzetti® Simply Dressed® Caesar Salad Dressing or you can make your own homemade Caesar Dressing. It’s made with a few simple ingredients and no preservatives or artificial flavors to enhance the fresh, natural goodness of salad.
How to Make Chicken Caesar Salad
The chicken caesar salad recipe itself was pretty easy to make.
COMBINE. Add the greens (cut the romaine lettuce into bite-sized pieces) to the large bowl, then layer the bacon, hard-boiled eggs, chicken, tomatoes, and half of the cheese on top. Add croutons and toss along with the remaining cheese and desired amount of dressing, or serve undressed and dress individual servings, garnishing each with remaining cheese.
Serving size: 2 large dinner salads or 4 side salads
Variations
The ingredients you use are easy to change up!
- Use shrimp, anchovies, or salmon instead of cooked boneless skinless chicken breast.
- For a bright flavor add a spritz of lemon juice to the salad.
- Use leftover chicken from a previous meal, a rotisserie chicken, or a package of chicken strips from the refrigerator section at the grocery store.
- Add in your favorite veggies like cucumbers.
Serving + Storing
Sides to serve with a chicken caesar salad will depend on whether the salad is being served as a main dish or a side dish.
- Use Cheesy Garlic Bread, Corn on the Cob, or a Baked Potato when the salad is a main dish.
- When the salad is used as a side dish serve it with pizza like this Tomato Pizza, a sandwich like this Monte Cristo, wraps or bites like Flatout Wrap, or with a small bowl of Soup.
STORE. If your salad has been sitting at room temperature for 2 hours or longer it may no longer be safe to eat so go ahead and toss it. If the leftovers are still safe to eat store them in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
Keep in mind the croutons will not stay crisp and the greens will gradually become wilted and soggy so don’t wait too long to finish eating this delicious salad.
more Caesar recipes
We love the caesar taste so much, we have several related recipes on the site. Be sure to check them out because if you love chicken Caesar salad, we think you’ll love these!
Recipe FAQ
In its simplest form, a caesar salad consists of lettuce, croutons, parmesan cheese, chicken, and a creamy caesar dressing. I added bacon bits, boiled eggs, and tomatoes.
I don’t recommend assembling the salad more than a day ahead of time and don’t add the croutons until just before serving. However, you can cook and prepare the different ingredients 2-3 days ahead and store them separately until you’re ready to assemble the salad
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Chicken Caesar Salad
Equipment
Ingredients
- 6 cups romaine or salad greens, washed, dried and chopped
- 3 slices bacon, cooked and cumbled
- 3 boiled eggs, sliced or chopped
- 1 large chicken breast, seasoned and cooked
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes
- 1 cup croutons
- 1 tablespoon grated parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons shaved parmesan cheese
- Marzetti® Simply Dressed® Caesar Salad Dressing
Instructions
- Add greens to a large mixing bowl. Layer crumbled bacon, hard-boiled eggs, chicken breast, and cherry tomatoes. Sprinkle on ½ tablespoon grated parmesan and 1 tablespoon shaved parmesan with 1 cup of croutons.
- Drizzle the desired amount of dressing and toss (or serve undressed and dress individual servings).
- Garnish with the remaining ½ tablespoon grated parmesan cheese and 1 tablespoon shaved parmesan. Optional: sprinkle on some salt and black pepper.
- Serving size: 2 large dinner salads or 4 side salads.
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Next time you’re strolling down the refrigerated produce section, make sure to grab a bottle or two of Marzetti® Simply Dressed® Dressings. They come in four delicious varieties: Balsamic, Ranch, Caesar and Blue Cheese.
Not only are they a quick and easy way to dress a salad, but taste pretty darn good too! They’d make a great addition to just about any kind of salad, I can’t wait to whip up a Caprese salad with their balsamic dressing. YUM! Which dressing would you try first?
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ENJOY!
I love salads and that one looks delicious!
Thank you!! I hope you will try it!
Love the addition of eggs & bacon! Caesar salads are my favorite & this is a great change from the regular caesar.
This salad has everything I love in it! Perfect for summer or really any time of year!
This is my daughters favorite salad. Best Ceaser salad ever!!! Thanks for the yummy recipe
What a delicious combination Of ingredients. I lOve that this can stand alone as a complete meal.
Come summer time we Do alot of salads! So light and refreshing. Easy to put together with a delicIous store bought dressing!