If you are on a Paleo Diet, then this Paleo Chicken Avocado Caesar Salad Recipe is for you. We try to eat whole, real foods (no condensed soup, thanks!) and are always trying to find new recipes.
For this weekend, my cousin suggested “a really nice, big nice salad with nice, warm chicken.” I told him to get a thesaurus and began my search. We settled on a Chicken Avocado Caesar Salad Recipe, which I’ve never made before. I think Caesar Salads get an unfair label as unhealthy food. I mean, there are some decadent fats in there, but come on! Good fat! Good fat!
I went on saladrecipes, of course, and found a slew of recipes. There were different Caesar Salad that caught my eye as being Paleo, which I liked because it was marked as being super easy. Cesar Salad dressing is practically Paleo, depending on how hardcore you are. The only dairy in there is Parmesan which some people say is allowed on the Paleo Diet. So this Chicken Avocado Caesar Salad Recipe is a mash-up of these two recipes.
Super Easy Paleo Chicken Avocado Caesar Salad Recipe
Ingredients
TO MAKE THE CAESAR DRESSING:
- 2 medium egg yolks
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 squirt Dijon mustard
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch pepper
- 2 medium anchovy filets with capers that’s the kind of anchovies they had at the store, so I went with it
- ⅓ cup good grated Parmesan because I’m not the strictest about much of anything. However, this is easily omitted if you are more hardcore, right?
OTHER INGREDIENTS:
- 1 piece chicken breast
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch pepper
- 1 bag Romaine lettuce
Instructions
- Into a blender, I put all the Caesar dressing ingredients. Blend blend blend blend blend.
- While blending, I poured in 1/2 cup of the avocado oil and blended it until it was well-mixed. Toss a bag of chopped Romaine lettuce with the dressing in a large bowl.
- As the dressing was being made, I had chicken breast tenders in the oven at 350°F for 40 minutes. I only seasoned the chicken with salt and pepper before putting it into the oven. When chicken is ready, shred or chop it into bite-size pieces.
- Put the salad into bowls, top with chicken and sprinkle with more Parm and more pepper if you like.