Description
Enjoy a classic Cobb Salad that’s a perfect balance of flavors and textures. This recipe includes juicy chicken, crispy bacon, creamy avocado, tangy blue cheese, and a zesty dressing.
Ingredients
Scale
Chicken:
- 400g/14 oz chicken breast (2 pieces)
- 1/4 tsp cooking/kosher salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
Bacon:
- 200g/7oz streaky bacon strips
Eggs:
- 4 x 9 minute boiled eggs, quartered
Lettuce:
- 12 cups cos/romaine lettuce, chopped (or other crispy lettuce)
Tomatoes:
- 2 large tomatoes, cut into wedges then halved (or 250g/8oz cherry tomatoes halved)
Avocados:
- 2 avocados, cut into large pieces
Cheese:
- 200g/7oz gorgonzola dolce or roquefort, crumbled (or other blue cheese)
Dressing:
- 1 tbsp dijon mustard
- 5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 5 tbsp apple cider vinegar (sub white wine or red wine vinegar)
- 3/4 tsp cooking/kosher salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 2 tbsp eschallot (US: shallot), very finely minced
- 1/2 tsp white sugar
Instructions
- Dressing: Shake ingredients in a jar.
- Flavour chicken: Poach chicken, cool, and toss with salt, pepper, and 2 tablespoons of Dressing.
- Crisp bacon: Cook bacon until crisp, then chop into pieces.
- Assemble: Spread lettuce on a platter. Arrange ingredients in neat rows. Crumble blue cheese and sprinkle with chives. Serve with dressing.
- Serving: Let everyone help themselves to the salad and dressing!
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Salad
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 580 kcal
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 1040mg
- Fat: 45g
- Saturated Fat: 13g
- Unsaturated Fat: 28g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 16g
- Fiber: 8g
- Protein: 31g
- Cholesterol: 245mg
Keywords: Cobb Salad, Salad Recipe, Chicken Salad, Bacon Salad