COBB SALAD WITH THE BEST DRESSING
Easy Chicken Cobb Salad with the Best Homemade Cobb Salad Dressing! This protein-packed salad is a meal in itself loaded with crisp lettuce, juicy tomatoes, chicken, bacon, boiled eggs, creamy avocado, and crumbled blue cheese.
Skill Level: Easy
Cost to Make: $15-$20
Keyword: Cobb Salad
Cuisine: American
Course: Salad
Calories: 711 kcal
Servings: 4 people as a side salad
Ingredients
Chicken Cobb Salad Ingredients:
-6 oz bacon (6 slices) chopped and browned
-1 medium head romaine lettuce 5 cups chopped, rinsed and dried
-2 cooked chicken breasts from a cooked chicken
– 2 hard-boiled eggs
-1 large avocado sliced
-1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
-1/2 cup red onion thinly sliced
-1/2 cup blue cheese crumbled (or feta cheese)
-2 Tbsp parsley finely chopped
Cobb Salad Dressing:
3 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 Tbsp dijon mustard
1 garlic clove pressed or finely minced
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp black pepper
Instructions
1-Sautee chopped bacon on a skillet until browned and crisp (5 min), then transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate to cool. Cook 2 hard-boiled eggs then peel and quarter.
2-Chop, rinse and spin dry romaine lettuce and arrange on a platter. Arrange remaining salad ingredients (chicken, eggs, avocado, tomatoes, onion, blue cheese, and bacon) in rows over salad then sprinkle the finely chopped parsley over the salad.
3-Transfer dressing ingredients to a mason jar and shake like crazy. Drizzle over salad just before serving or let guests add their own dressing to taste.
