# Spring Chicken Caesar Salad

This is a recipe for a spring chicken Caesar salad with asparagus, peas, and chicken fat croutons.

- Total time: 40 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Salad
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 chicken
- olive oil
- salt
- 1 egg yolk
- Dijon mustard
- 1 lemon
- 2 garlic cloves
- 5 salted anchovies
- Parmesan
- 1 sourdough bread
- 1 bunch asparagus
- peas
- lettuce
- basil

## Instructions

1. Spatchcock the chicken, meaning to open it out.
2. Drizzle olive oil over the chicken.
3. Season generously with salt on both sides of the chicken.
4. Place the chicken into a hot 230-degree oven.
5. Roast the chicken for 40 minutes.
6. Add an egg yolk to a food processor.
7. Add Dijon mustard to the food processor.
8. Squeeze lemon juice into the food processor.
9. Grate two cloves of garlic into the food processor.
10. Add a pinch of salt to the food processor.
11. Add five salted anchovies to the food processor.
12. Blend the ingredients in the food processor.
13. Begin adding olive oil very slowly while blending until it thickens.
14. Loosen the dressing with some more olive oil, which is lighter in flavor.
15. Grate lots of Parmesan into the dressing and blend.
16. Cut the crust off the sourdough bread.
17. Cut the bread into chunky cubes for croutons.
18. Roll the bread cubes around in the chicken fat from the roasted chicken on a baking tray.
19. Season the croutons with salt.
20. Blast the croutons in the oven.
21. Snap off the woody bits from the asparagus.
22. Cut the asparagus into chunky rounds.
23. Boil the asparagus in salty water for a couple of minutes.
24. Add the peas to the boiling water with the asparagus.
25. Drain the asparagus and peas.
26. Carve up the roasted chicken.
27. Put the chicken bones aside for stock.
28. Add lettuce to a large bowl.
29. Add the blanched asparagus and peas to the lettuce.
30. Add a big handful of basil to the salad.
31. Add the carved roast chicken to the salad.
32. Add lots of the prepared Caesar dressing to the salad.
33. Mix the salad thoroughly with your hands.
34. Add the chicken fat croutons to the salad.
35. Mix the croutons into the salad.
36. Serve the spring chicken Caesar salad on a plate.

## Equipment

- oven
- baking tray
- food processor
- knife
- chopping board
- pot
- colander
- large bowl

## Tips

- The trick to roasting this chicken is spatchcocking, which means opening it out.
- For mixing a thick dressing through a chunky salad, hands are always the best tools for the job.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIb2SKBIbUz/?igsh=MTdtNGM5NmF3dXhuNw==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/c42cf8b6-4e9d-4111-a6f6-a42402c95a03
- Extracted: 2025-11-23

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