Grilling romaine lettuce is a subtle, but delicious way to spice up your salads! Using chilled romaine hearts, brush olive oil down one side of the lettuce, sprinkle with sea salt, and place on a hot grill until a nice char has developed. The result is sweet smoky deliciousness.
We topped ours with freshly grated parmigiano-reggiano, croutons, cracked black pepper, and homemade Caesar dressing (see below – my favorite recipe comes from Once Upon a Chef). I’d like to say that we paired this with something, but it was so good we just helped ourselves to seconds and called it dinner!
Here’s the recipe:
Grilled Romaine Caesar Salad
2015-12-16 09:20:37
Serves 2
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Cook Time
5 min
Total Time
5 min
For the lettuce
- 1 large romaine lettuce heart
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- sea salt
For the caesar salad
- parmigiano-reggiano, freshly grated
- croutons
- freshly ground black pepper
For the dressing
- 2 small garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tsp anchovy paste (found near the tuna fish in the supermarket)
- 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice, from one lemon
- 1 tsp dijon mustard (I like the brand Maille)
- 1 tsp worcestershire sauce
- 1 cup mayonnaise, best quality such as Hellmann's Real
- 1/2 cup freshly grated parmigiano-reggiano
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
For the lettuce
- Heat a grill over medium-high heat until hot. Slice romaine heart down the center, then brush olive oil down the flat side of romaine lettuce. Sprinkle with salt, then place the oiled side down on hot grill. Grill for 3-4 minutes, or until lettuce has a nice char.
For the caesar salad
- Remove romaine lettuce from grill and transfer to a plate. Top with caesar dressing, freshly grated cheese, croutons, and freshly cracked black pepper.
For the dressing
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the garlic, anchovy paste, lemon juice, Dijon mustard and Worcestershire sauce. Add the mayonnaise, parmigiano-reggiano, salt, and pepper and whisk until well combined. Taste and adjust to your liking. The dressing will keep well in the fridge for about a week.
Notes
- Caesar Dressing recipe courtesy of: http://www.onceuponachef.com/2010/08/caesar-salad-dressing.html
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Oh my god- this is such a great idea. I love putting twists on classic recipes, such as caesar salads! I’m going to have to try this come the summer (since I live in Chicago)
Thanks, Katie!! I agree – putting twists on classic recipes are always fun 🙂
This sounds wonderful, Jasmine! I love having salads for dinner! 🙂
Thank you, Anna!! We do too 🙂
Yummy, and a great starter for Christmas!!! 😉
Thank you!
that is very interesting and sounds good! I will have to try it! Thanks Jasmine!
Thank you, Lynn!
That looks like the best Caesar salad ever. I’d probably eat a couple and call it dinner too!
Haha! Thanks, Kathrina 🙂
Hi Jasmine, this is so great. What a lovely unique idea of the charred lettuce 🙂 . Definitely will be making this. We eat tons of salads now that it is summer here, so this is perfect. Thank you 🙂
That’s right, it is summer there!! Thank you, Lynne. I hope you have a great day 🙂
I love grilled Caesar salad! Your version looks great!
Thank you, Sabrina!!!
Thank you, you too.
Looks delicious! Would have never thought to try that!
Thank you, Linds!
http://lynzrealcooking.com/2015/12/23/hi-jasmine/
hope you are well dear!
You are the best 🙂
I consider myself a caesar salad expert since I usually get one oh say…about 100% of the time I go out to eat. This recipe looks fantastic. And indeed…it can become dinner rather quickly…especially when some perfectly grilled chicken lands upon it!
I’m right there with ya- love a good Chicken Caesar salad!! Thank you so much!!
This looks so delicious! Seeing as it’s snowing outside, this will have to wait for summer. 🙂 Lynn sent me your way.
Aww, thank you! Lynn is the best. 🙂 It would be perfect for summer! It should be winter here, but right now it’s 70 degrees outside!
Have a Merry Christmas!! 🙂
This is cool! What a fun twist on Caesar salad! Thanks for sharing on the Tasty Tuesdays link up 🙂
Thank you so much!
Have you tried Just Mayo by Hampton Creek? It really gives Hellmanns competition! Garlic Aioli is my all time fave..but probably not a good choice for this recipe lol.
I have not, but I’ll have to check it out! Thanks for the recommendation! Garlic aioli is so good 🙂