Editing Caesar salad (section)

== Ingredients ==
[[File:Ensalada Caesar (35781809300) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Caesar salad at Caesar's restaurant]]

Common ingredients in many recipes:<ref name=variations/>
:* Romaine lettuce
:* olive oil
:* crushed garlic
:* salt
:* Dijon mustard
:* black pepper
:* lemon juice
:* [[Worcestershire sauce]]
:* anchovies
:* whole eggs or egg yolks, raw, [[poached egg|poached]] or [[Coddled egg|coddled]]
:* grated [[Parmigiano-Reggiano|Parmesan cheese]]
:* croutons

[[File:CaesarSalad3.jpg|thumb|Topped with [[grilled chicken]]]]

Variations include varying the leaf, adding meat such as grilled chicken or bacon, or omitting ingredients such as anchovies and eggs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Caesar Salad |url=https://search-credoreference-com.huaryu.kl.oakland.edu/content/entry/bloomfood/caesar_salad/0 |website=Credo Reference |publisher=Encyclopedia of American Foods |access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref> While the original Caesar's in Tijuana uses lime juice in their current recipe, most modern recipes use lemon juice or vinegar.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gora|first=L. Sasha|title=The surprising truth about Caesar salad|date=22 May 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190521-the-surprising-truth-about-caesar-salad|access-date=23 April 2021|publisher=BBC|archive-date=31 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331043132/http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190521-the-surprising-truth-about-caesar-salad|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=kilgallen/> 

Some chefs experiment more broadly with variations of the salad, using the familiar, appealing "Caesar" name to attract diners to dishes with a similar hit of "[[umami]], [[fat]], and tons of [[salt]]" that otherwise bear little resemblance to the original.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cushing |first=Ellen |date=2024-04-17 |title=Something Weird Is Happening With Caesar Salads |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/04/something-weird-happening-caesar-salads/678092/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref>