Chicken & bacon caesar salad

• rindless streaky bacon↗4

  4 rashers

• bag ready-to-eat caesar salad225g g

  (with croutons, dressing)

• ripe avocado↗1
• cooked chicken breasts↗2

  any skin and bones removed

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Stir fry the bacon in a frying pan for 2-3 minutes on each side. Remove, then sprinkle the croutons into the fat in the pan and toss over a medium heat for a minute or two to give them flavour and crisp them up.

2. 2

   Divide the leaves between 2 plates. Halve the avocado and dig out the stone; peel and cut into chunks and scatter over the leaves. Tear the chicken into pieces on top. Finally, snap the bacon into chunky pieces over the chicken and top with the croutons.

3. 3

   Drizzle the dressing over the whole salad and finish with a good dusting of parmesan and a grind of pepper.