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SPICY CAESAR SALAD WITH CHICKEN CROUTONS

SPICY CAESAR SALAD WITH CHICKEN CROUTONS

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Servings: 4 servings
Course: Main Course, Salad
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Salad
  • 1 head romaine lettuce chopped
  • 1 head radicchio lettuce chopped
  • 1 small red onion sliced
  • 5 radish sliced
  • ½ cup parsley leaves
Dressing
  • ¼ cup Renee’s creamy garlic dressing
  • ¼ cup horseradish
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
Chicken Nuggets
  • 2 chicken breast cubed
  • ¼ cup coconut flour
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp Tabasco sauce
  • ¼ cup almond flour
  • ¼ cup grated parmesan
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • ½ tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp oregano
  • olive oil for frying

Method
 

  1. Cut chicken breasts into cubes the size of large croutons.
  2. Set up your breading station. Fill one Ziploc bag (I like using the portion ones) with coconut flour and ½ teaspoon of salt and pepper.
  3. In a shallow bowl, beat the egg with the Tabasco sauce.
  4. In another bag, add the almond flour, parmesan, ½ teaspoon salt and pepper, paprika, and oregano.
  5. Put all the chicken in the coconut flour bag and shake till coated.
  6. Then take the chicken and coat it in the egg mixture and put it in the almond flour bag and shake till coated.
  7. In a frying pan on medium heat, pour oil to cover the bottom of the pan. Place breaded chicken in the pan and fry for about 7 minutes until golden brown. Remove from the oil and place on a plate lined with paper towel.
  8. In a large bowl, add the lettuces, onions, radishes, and parsley. Toss.
  9. In a small bowl mix the dressing with the horseradish and lemon juice.
  10. Add to the salad and toss till the leaves are coated.
  11. Plate the salad and top with the chicken croutons.
  12. Serve immediately.

Notes

I know the Caesar dressing is not homemade, but it doesn’t have to be. I could make my own, but I really like the Renee’s dressing so I doctored it up. You can make your own Caesar dressing or use your favourite. The key ingredient here is the horseradish.
I made this low carb by using coconut and almond flour for the breading. Flour and breadcrumbs can be used instead if you're not going low carb.
Alternatively, you can also use popcorn chicken as the chicken croutons if you don't want to make them from scratch.