Caesar Salad Recipe with Homemade Caesar Salad Dressing

Once you try this Caesar Salad Recipe with Homemade Caesar Dressing and homemade croutons you'll never want the store-bought dressing and croutons again! This is the creamiest most flavorful dressing and those perfectly crisp fresh croutons are truly irresistible.

The Perfect Caesar Salad Recipe

The traditional Caesar salad dressing calls for raw egg yolks but that's just not really my thing, so I prefer to just use mayonnaise because it still contains egg yolks and the oil needed but they egg yolks are pasteurized. So you still get a rich and creamy dressing without using raw eggs.

For the base of the salad I like to use Romaine hearts because they are more crisp than the outer leaves on a head of Romaine lettuce, but if a head of romaine is what you've got feel free to use that.

Then of course, those homemade croutons are a must. They really turn a good salad into an incredible salad.

Also a must are the anchovies. I used to try to avoid using them but really they are a game changer. Those tiny little things really pack a flavorful punch, so just pinch your nose and get smashing (and yes the whole anchovies vs. paste really are better so skip the paste). Read More »