Blackened Chicken Kale Caesar
- Chloë's Kitchen
- May 16, 2021
- 2 min read
Updated: Jun 14, 2022
I have been told by my client this Caesar salad is the best they have ever had. And while I don’t know if that’s totally true, (hello Jon & Vinny’s Spicy little gem), I do think it’s pretty damn delicious! All the flavors work so well together and I love the mix of little gem with the lacinato (dinosaur) kale. I used to be skeptical of kale until I discovered this kind of kale and massaged it thoroughly, whilst wearing gloves or you will end up with a ruined gel manicure. I speak from experience.
So here is my recipe! I hope you enjoy it as much as my client!
Serves 4
You will need:
For the salad -
1 bunch (about 6-8 leaves) of lacinato kale, stalk removed and chopped
4 little gem lettuce, chopped
2 cups gluten free panko bread crumbs
2 cloves garlic
2 tbsp olive oil
4 organic chicken cutlets (pounded thin)
4 tbsp blackening seasoning (one tbsp per chicken breast)
Maldon sea salt/Black pepper
Shavings from a block of parmesan
For the dressing -
1/2 cup of light mayo
2 tsp of anchovy paste
Juice of one lemon
1 tbsp olive oil
2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 clove garlic, crushed
2 tsp Dijon mustard
2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (optional if you like a mild kick)
2 tbsp finely grated parmesan
Maldon Salt/ cracker black pepper to taste
Start by pounding your chicken cutlet thin with parchment paper and a rolling pin.
Sprinkle with your blackening seasoning and season with maldon sea salt and black pepper on both sides.
Heat your cast iron skillet over medium/high heat. Drizzle the pan with olive oil and cook on each side for 3-4 minutes until browned.
While the chicken is cooking, start on your breadcrumbs.
In a medium hot pan with olive oil and the crushed garlic, sauté your gluten free panko breadcrumbs until golden brown. Keep tossing them around the pan and do not leave them as they will burn quickly. This process should take no more than 3 minutes.
Once browned remove from the heat.
Next it’s time to prep your little gem and kale.
Remove the kale from it’s stalk. Wash and chop. Then drizzle with a touch of olive oil and massage well with gloves if you have a nude gel manicure you want to protect, (like I usually do) until the kale is softer in texture.
Wash and chop the little gem lettuce.
Toss the two lettuces together in a large prep bowl.
Once the chicken is cooked, remove from the pan and slice it on a chopping board.
Now it’s time to work on the dressing.
In a small bowl, mix the Mayo, sour cream, and all the ingredients together with a whisk. Season to taste.
It’s time to assemble the salad!
Toss the dressing in with the lettuce and serve in large bowls.
Sprinkle over the breadcrumbs and place the chicken on top.
Freshly shave parmesan over the top and serve!
Dear CEOs, why the rose gold agenda? link I asked at every possible turn. My friends all prefer yellow gold, every fashion editor I know prefers yellow link gold, and historically, yellow gold has been worn by the most link celebrated and glamorous style icons; Paloma Picasso, Bianca Jagger, and Elizabeth Taylor (notably in her role as Cleopatra) to name but a few.
I won't lie, I couldn't link help but feel a bit inadequate – and plenty unsophisticated – after looking down at the mid-tier automatic dive watch link on my wrist while thinking back and writing about my experience link with the Chronomètre à Résonance.
Moser has link taken its in-house HMC 811 caliber and created a real piece of link art, where you can feel the dimensionality of the movement while simultaneously being able to see straight through link the watch to the wrist below.
The Internet, and auction aggregators specifically, have made watches and information accessible to anyone, and link this is mostly a good thing. To be clear, there are also still link deals to be, but it just gets harder every day, and they don't usually say "Patek" or "Rolex" on the dial. But, there's still expertise and an art to inspecting and evaluating these watches, and it often needs to be done in person. It's important link to know what you don't know.
Maybe it's the 1968 vintage reissue factor. link Maybe it's the very on-trend green colorway and smaller 42mm sizing. Maybe it's the reasonable link price link point. Whatever the case, I have noticed a particular resurgence around this particular Seiko Prospex GMT model lately.