Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad Pizza
Perfectly grilled chicken tenderloins, crispy fresh romaine lettuce, off-the block nutty Parmesan cheese and the most delicious homemade caesar dressing all tossed on top a warm grilled pizza crust. Ideal for the warm weather season.
Servings: 4
Calories:
Ingredients
- 1 lb Chicken Tenderloins you can also use left over chicken or rotisserie chicken
- ¼ tsp Salt
- ½-1 cup Homemade Caesar Salad Dressing (see recipe below) or store bought
- Corn Meal
- 1 Pizza Dough at room temperature
- 7 oz Ricotta Cheese
- ¼ cup Parmesan Cheese - shredded off the block
- 1 head Romaine Lettuce
Homemade Caesar Salad Dressing
- 1 Egg Yolk
- 1 TBSP Dijon Mustard
- ½ Lemon – Juiced
- 3 Cloves of Garlic – smashed
- ¼ tsp Black Pepper
- ½ tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Anchovy Paste
- ¼ tsp Worcestershire Sauce
- ¼ tsp Red Wine Vinegar
- ¼ cup Parmesan Cheese - shredded off the block
- ½-1 cup Olive Oil
Instructions
- Sprinkle a pinch of salt on each chicken tenderloin. Over a preheated hot grill, place your chicken, grill on each side until done about 3-5 minutes on each side, until the internal temperature is 165F. Remove from the grill and let it rest. Cut into bite size pieces and set aside. Do not pull the chicken off the grill, once the chicken is browned it will release from the grill and will flip easily without tearing the meat.
- Make the homemade Caesar Salad Dressing:Add all the ingredients into a blender or food processor and pulse until combined, about 2-3 minutes. Taste and season. If it tastes bitter add another pinch of salt. It will have a strong caesar dressing flavor, this is important because once it's added to the pizza it will be diluted.
- Sprinkle corn meal onto the counter and roll out the pizza dough.Transfer the dough to a preheated hot grill.
- Cook long enough for the dough to cook through and create a crust. You will notice the dough will become harder and opaque. About 3-5 minutes. It will have amazing grill marks underneath. Do not pull the dough off the grill, once the crust forms and cooks it will release from the grill and will be easy to move.
- On the grilled dough, spread on the ricotta cheese.
- Spread on the caesar salad dressing. Enough to cover the bottom of the pizza, make sure to have set aside to drizzle onto the top. Add on the Parmesan cheese.
- Add on the romaine lettuce.
- Top with chicken.
- Drizzle more caesar salad dressing.
