Chickless Caesar Salad
This salad is so delicious and indulgent! It’s like a meal in itself and non-vegans won’t be able to tell the difference. Enjoy!
Preparation time
15 min
Total time
15
Meal
- mains
- lunches
- sides-light-meals-and-salads
Servings
4
Ingredients
Salad
- 380g (approx.) vegan chicken strips or pieces (we used Fry’s Chicken Strips)
- 2 baby gem or 1 cos or romaine lettuce, leaves separated
- 1 avocado, sliced
- 200g cherry tomatoes, halved
- 2 handfuls croutons (we made our own using 2cm squares of sourdough, crusts removed, drizzled with a little oil and salt and placed in the oven at 180ºC until golden. Use gluten-free bread if necessary)
- Handful fresh parsley, finely chopped
Dressing
- 230g/1 cup vegan mayonnaise (our favourites are Follow Your Heart Veganaise and Hellmann’s)
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 2 small or 1 large garlic clove, crushed
- 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 50g/½ cup grated vegan Parmesan (eg Violife Prosociano or you can use pre-grated such as Angel Food or Follow Your Heart. Use nutritional yeast if you can’t get hold of any ‘Parmesan’)
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- 1 tbsp capers, drained and rinsed (optional)
- 1 tsp vegan Worcester sauce (optional)
Instructions
Salad
- Lightly fry the vegan chicken pieces in a little oil until golden or according to the instructions on the packet.
- Arrange all the different salad ingredients together in a bowl or decoratively on a board if you’re feeling fancy.
Dressing
- Mix all the ingredients together in a medium-sized bowl until well combined.
- Either spoon a few dollops of the dressing around the salad ingredients or mix together with the salad until fully covered.
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