North Indian Chicken Caesar Salad Made From Scratch Is Easy Favorite

Summary: North Indian Chicken Caesar Salad made from scratch is an easy favorite as an intended remind of a favorite salad eatery by NDTV Food's Somdatta Saha.

Somadatta Saha, NDTV assistant editor, self-described explorer of the unknown and favored foods reminiscer, presents Chicken Caesar Salad in a made-from-scratch recipe that is intentionally reminiscent of a favored Classic Caesar Salad from a favorite restaurant: Ricardo Nester @_Ricardo_Nester, via Twitter June 23, 2021

North Indian Chicken Caesar Salad made from scratch is an easy favorite that NDTV Food's favored foods reminiscer Somdatta Saha intends as an at-home reminder of a favorite salad eatery and as a fulfilling, wholesome meal whenever and wherever the pleasure of its consumption occurs.

Caesar Salad nears its 100th anniversary before the middle of the 21st century's third decade. Italian immigrant restauranteur Cesare "Caesar" Cardini (Feb. 24, 1896-Nov. 3, 1956) created his quickly classic salad in 1924 in his restaurant, Caesar's Restaurant, in cosmopolitan Tijuana in northwestern Mexico's Baja California state.

Chef Cesare's salad has garnered global popularity, both as its original recipe and as a plethora of non-vegetarian, vegan and vegetarian variations. Chicken Caesar Salad numbers among well-known non-vegetarian variations of the classic salad.

Somdatta Saha considers Caesar Salad's chicken variation in her June 23, 2021, post, "Watch: Make Classic Chicken Ceasar [sic] Salad At Home With This Easy Recipe," for NDTV Food, food portal for India news media company New Delhi Television (NDTV) Limited's digital channel, NDTV Convergence Limited. India's Covid-19 full and partial lockdowns in 2020 and 2021, respectively, inspired a switch from restaurant dining to home-cooked meals, explains NDTV Convergence's assistant editor. One of the lockdown's positive consequences concerns enforced experiments in at-home cooking, which have ". . . upgraded many of us from cooks to home chefs," she observes.

Enthusiastic home cooking motivates a "constant search" for at-home replication of favored dishes from favorite restaurants. Thus, a Chicken Caesar Salad recipe discovered during a search triggered an instant reminiscence of ". . . our favourite salad joint in town."

"For the unversed . . .," food appreciator Somdatta Saha briefly describes Chicken Caesar Salad's parent dish, Caesar Salad, as a "simple" mixture of "lettuce, croutons and dressing," to which proteins may be preferentially added.

Saha prepares her at-home, restaurant-style Chicken Caesar Salad from scratch, ". . . from bread croutons to salad dressing." Her easy recipe yields ". . . a wholesome meal anytime of the day."

One chicken breast tops the list of ingredients for home chef Somdatta's Chicken Caesar Salad. The recipe also itemizes 1 cup of lettuce leaves; 2 slices of bread; 1/2 cup of cream; 1/4 cup of grated cheese; 1 teaspoon of oil; 1 teaspoon of black pepper powder; 1 teaspoon of chopped garlic; 1 teaspoon of garlic powder; and salt, to taste.

Saha's Chicken Caesar Salad begins with preparing the chicken breast. A marinade of olive oil, black pepper powder, salt and garlic powder is rubbed onto the six- or seven-scored chicken breast. The marinade sits for an hour.

Making the salad's bread croutons requires two slices of bread. After removal of the crusty edges, the stacked slices are cut in thirds, in a lengthwise and widthwise crosshatch.

The 18 small bread cubes are brushed with oil. After baking at 180 degrees Celsius (356 degrees Fahrenheit) for 10 to 15 minutes, the golden bread cubes are set aside.

The marinated chicken breast is placed in a tawa (Hindi: तवा, tawa, "pan, griddle"), or grill pan. The chicken is turned while grilling to cook both of the sides well. After grilling, the chicken is shredded into strips.

For the salad's dressing, cream is added to a small bowl. Grated cheese is spooned onto the cream. Black pepper powder, salt and chopped garlic are sprinkled over the cheese. The dressing ingredients are mixed well in the bowl.

Placing chopped lettuce leaves in a salad bowl signals the assembly of all of Chicken Caesar Salad's ingredients. Bread croutons enter the salad after the addition of the grilled chicken strips. The recipe's creamy dressing is dropped on top. Two spoons are used to mix all ingredients together well. Then cheese is grated over the salad.

Home chef enthusiast Somdatta assesses her made-from-scratch, at-home, restaurant-style Chicken Caesar Salad: "And voila! A fulfilling bowl of chicken ceasar [sic] salad is ready for a fulfilling meal."

A wholesome, fulfilling, homemade meal-in-a-salad likely needs a beverage. As a member of the Caesar Salad family, Chicken Caesar Salad inherently encourages a profusion of variations and harmonizes with a plethora of pairings. Lassi, a popular desi (Hindi देसी, desī, "South Asian, national"; from Sanskrit देश, deśá, "country, kingdom, province"; Indian), yogurt-based beverage, quenches any thirsts accompanying homemade Chicken Caesar Salad, according to an April 14, 2020, tweet by Bell the Belly (@BellTheBelly), a Bhubaneswar, Odisha-based food review website created by food enthusiasts Coffee Bytes tabloid co-founder Arupa Ray Joshi, Jai Odisha and Coffee Bytes co-founder Rudra Narayan Samantaray and software engineer Arindam Choudhury.

Chicken Caesar Salad numbers among recipe searches conducted by Somdatta Saha for NDTV Food. Other searches include Cheese Chips and Stuffed Cheela.

Saha's search for cheese-loaded recipes uncovered Cheese Chips. In her July 22, 2022, post, "How To Make Cheese Chips For Ultimate Weekend Indulgence -- Recipe Inside," she details the easier of the recipe's two methods, suggests five pairings and wishes: "Have a cheesy and indulgent weekend, everyone!"

Saha's search for "quick, easy" dishes with "different unique variations" that eliminate breakfast skips led her to cheela (Hindi: चीला, cīlā), India's pancakes. In her July 22, 2022, post, "Quick Breakfast Recipes: How To Make Stuffed Cheela In 3 Minutes -- 2 Recipes Inside," she shares two recipes, Instant Palak Cheela and Paneer Stuffed Cheela, from food vlogger Parul Gupta's YouTube channel, Cook With Parul.

Chicken Caesar Salad pairs flavorfully with such beloved desi ("Indian") beverages as lassi: Bell the Belly, via Facebook April 14, 2020

Acknowledgment

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Somadatta Saha, NDTV assistant editor, self-described explorer of the unknown and favorite food reminiscer, presents Chicken Caesar Salad in a made-from-scratch recipe that is intentionally reminiscent of a favored Classic Caesar Salad from a favorite restaurant: Ricardo Nester @_Ricardo_Nester, via Twitter June 23, 2021, @ https://twitter.com/_Ricardo_Nester/status/1407883815385636866

NDTV Food, "How To Make Chicken Caesar Salad / Easy Chicken Caesar Salad Recipe Video," via YouTube June 20, 2021, @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybzNIF0BkNw

Chicken Caesar Salad pairs flavorfully with such beloved desi ("Indian") beverages as lassi: Bell the Belly, via Facebook April 14, 2020, @ https://www.facebook.com/bellthebelly/posts/1446325475550371/

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