This recipe for chicken Caesar pasta salad is simple and easy to make. Cheddars restaurant is where the inspiration come from and a dish my wife gets almost every time she goes there. The ingredients are simple with chicken, penne pasta, some dressing, and that's about it.
Ingredients:
Chicken marinade:
1 bottle zesty Italian dressing
Newtons seasoning (you can use whatever you want)
2 tbsp chicken powder
4 chicken breasts, pounded to equal thickness
Salad:
1 pound Penne pasta, cooked to package instructions
1 Red onion
4 cups Romaine lettuce
Ken's Table side Caesar dressing
8 slices Bacon
Croutons optional
Parmesan cheese
8 slices French bread
1 clove garlic cut in half.
Directions:
1. Mix marinade ingredients in a gallon zip lock. Add chicken and marinate for 1 hour up to overnight. Cook bacon and set aside. Cook pasta and set aside.
2. Preheat griddle to low/med or around 375 degrees. Put chicken down on griddle. Cook for 1-2 minutes and flip. While chicken is cooking, separate the lettuce into 4 bowls. Coarse chop bacon and set aside. Add 1/4 of the pasta into each lettuce bowl and toss. Add 1/4 chopped bacon and 1/4 red onions and mix. Cut garlic clove in half and set aside.
3. Flip chicken and check internal temp. Continue cooking until internal temp is 165 degrees. When almost done, add some olive oil to griddle and add the garlic clove. Add the french bread and toast both sides.
4. While bread is toasting, add Ken's table side dressing to the salad and mix. Remove the chicken and cut into thin slices. Put the thin slices of chicken over the salad. Add some parmesan cheese to the top of the chicken. Add more dressing. Remove the bread from griddle and enjoy.
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