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Cobb Salad with the Best Cobb Salad 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.
Prep Time
25 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Servings: 6 people as a side salad
Calories: 711 kcal
Course:
Salad
Cuisine:
American
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 *
- 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
- Bake, Air Fry, or Sautee bacon on a skillet.* Cook 2 hard-boiled eggs, chill in ice water then peel and quarter the eggs. C
- Chop, rinse and spin dry romaine lettuce and arrange on a shallow platter.
- Arrange the remaining salad ingredients (chicken, eggs, avocado, tomatoes, onion, blue cheese, and bacon) in rows over the salad, then sprinkle the finely chopped parsley over the salad.
- 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.
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Notes
- *For the Chicken - you can use rotisserie chicken and dice it up, or cook and cool some Baked Chicken Breasts. You can also use light or dark meat from an Instant Pot Whole Chicken*To Sautee bacon, set a skillet over medium heat and cook bacon until browned and crisp on both sides. Transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate to cool then crumble.
- *For the Chicken - you can use rotisserie chicken and dice it up, or cook and cool some Baked Chicken Breasts. You can also use light or dark meat from an Instant Pot Whole Chicken*To Sautee bacon, set a skillet over medium heat and cook bacon until browned and crisp on both sides. Transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate to cool then crumble.
Nutrition Information
Calories
711kcal
(36%)
Carbs
12g
Protein
50g
(100%)
Fat
51g
(78%)
Saturated Fat
14g
(70%)
Cholesterol
221mg
(74%)
Sodium
1261mg
(53%)
Potassium
905mg
(26%)
Fiber
4g
(16%)
Sugar
4g
(8%)
Vitamin A
1326IU
(27%)
Vitamin C
18mg
(20%)
Calcium
140mg
(14%)
Iron
3mg
(17%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6people as a side salad
Amount Per Serving
Calories 711
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 711kcal | 36% |
| Carbs | 12g | |
| Protein | 50g | 100% |
| Fat | 51g | 78% |
| Saturated Fat | 14g | 70% |
| Cholesterol | 221mg | 74% |
| Sodium | 1261mg | 53% |
| Potassium | 905mg | 19% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 4g | 8% |
| Vitamin A | 1326IU | 27% |
| Vitamin C | 18mg | 20% |
| Calcium | 140mg | 14% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.