Cobb Salad
This classic Cobb Salad includes chicken, hard boiled eggs, avocado, tomato, bacon and blue cheese, all served on a bed of crisp greens and drizzled with a tangy balsamic dressing. Prep the ingredients ahead of time to make this main dish salad a breeze to put together for lunch or dinner.
Ingredients
- 1 poundcooked chicken breast (sliced)
- 4hard boiled eggs (cut into quarters lengthwise)
- 4slices cooked bacon (chopped)
- 10 cupschopped romaine lettuce (1 large head lettuce or 2 romaine hearts)
- 1avocado (sliced)
- 8 ouncescherry or grape tomatoes (halved)
- ½ smallred onion (thinly sliced)
- 3 ouncescrumbled blue cheese
- chopped fresh parsley or chives (optional)
- ½ cupextra virgin olive oil
- ¼ cupbalsamic vinegar
- 2 teaspoonssmooth dijon mustard
- 2 teaspoonshoney
- salt and pepper (to taste)
Directions
Cook the chicken, eggs and bacon:
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The chicken can be baked, grilled, poached, or from a rotisserie chicken. Leftover chicken works perfect here. Click the links in the ingredient list above for my recipes for poached chicken, hard boiled eggs and baked bacon.
Assemble the salads:
- 1
Place the chopped lettuce in a large salad bowl or on a large platter. Arrange the sliced chicken, chopped hard boiled eggs, chopped bacon, avocado, tomatoes, red onion, and blue cheese on top of the lettuce. Sprinkle with chopped fresh herbs (if using).
Make the salad dressing:
- 1
Combine all dressing ingredients in a medium bowl or mason jar. Whisk or place a lid on the jar and shake until very well combined.
- 2
Drizzle the dressing over the salad right before serving.