Cobb Salad

This Cobb salad is made with several of my most-loved ingredients: eggs, chicken, tomato, blue cheese, and avocado.

The prep time	20 minutes
Cooking Time	10 minutes
Duration	Total time of 30 Mins
Servings	6

This mouthwatering restaurant-worthy Cobb salad, featuring fresh lettuce and tasty filled toppings, so this is bound to be a hit at any dinner table.

What Is a Cobb Salad?

Cobb salad is an American dish done up of lettuce, bacon, chicken, tomatoes, eggs, and other components laid out into neat rows, so It is normally consumed as a main meal. The history behind the iconic salad is not clear then however, some believe it was inovate in the 1930s when it was the Brown Derby restaurant in Hollywood.

What’s In a Cobb Salad?

Here are the ingredients you’ll require to prepare the famous Cobb salad dish:

Meat: This protein-rich Cobb salad requires both chicken and bacon.

Eggs: Boiling eggs adds a more source of protein to the nutritious salad.

Lettuce Iceberg lettuce can be the standard choice for this classic recipe.

Tomatoes: Chopped tomatoes add color and flavor.

Blue cheese Crumbled blue cheese kicks the flavor to a whole new level.

The green onions are great. If you want an apricot flavor, choose an onion with a red color.

Avocado: Cubed avocados make this salad even more stuffing.

Dressing: Buy ranch dressing, or create your dressing at your own home.

How to Make a Cobb Salad

The complete, step-by-step recipe is here, because here’s an overview of what to expect from making Cobb salad:

1. Boil, peel, and cut the eggs.

2. Cook, drain, and break up the bacon.

3. Put the salad together.

4. Dress with dressing prior to serving.

Test Kitchen Tips

“This is a salad that can double as a full meal, because ” alike  Nicole McLaughlin (a.k.a. NicoleMcMom), so here are a few of Nicole’s perfect tricks and suggestions to make the perfect Cobb salad.

“What I love about iceberg lettuce is that, because it’s cold and crunchy,” she proclaims. “If you want something a little more nutrient-dense, so you can combine iceberg with romaine or something like that.”

Nicole pan-seared her chicken over the stove. However, you can also use the rotisserie chicken for a quick and easy dinner on the weekends.

Avocados can turn brown very quickly, which is why Nicole suggests squeezing fresh lemon juice over the avocado cubes to keep them looking nice and green. “That’s also going to add some good flavor,” Nicole says.

Ingredients for Cobb Salad

Six slices bacon

Three eggs

• Six slices bacon
• Three eggs
• One head of iceberg salad, shred.
• 3 cups chopped and cooked chicken meat
• Two tomatoes with seeds and a chopped, seeded
• 3/4 cup blue cheese, crumbled
• Three green onions chopped
• One avocado peeled, pitted, and cut into dice.
• 3/4 cup blue cheese, crumbled
• Three green onions chopped
• One avocado peeled, pitted, and cut into dice.
• 1 (8-ounce) bottle of Ranch-style salad dressing

Directions

Step 1

Put eggs in a pot and cover them completely with cold water then bring to the point of boiling, then cover and take away from the stove. Allow eggs to rest for between 10 and 12 minutes, and then cool, then remove shell and chop.

Step 2

While the eggs cook while the bacon is cooking, put it in a large, deep skillet. Cook at medium-high temperature until evenly browned, between 7 and 10 minutes, then discard, crumble, and place aside.

Step 3

Split the lettuce into individual plates, then add chicken, bacon, eggs, tomatoes, blue cheese, avocado, and green onions.

Step 4

Dress with dressing.

*Percent Daily Values are based upon the 2,000-calorie diet, so the daily values you receive could be lower or higher according to your needs for calories.

** Nutritional details are not always available for every ingredient, because the amount is set on based on available information on nutrient content.

(–) There is no information yet available on this nutritional element, so if you’re following any medically restricted diet or have a medical condition, consult your physician or registered dietitian prior to preparing this recipe for your consumption.

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