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September 16, 2025
The mighty Cobb Salad Recipe
The mighty Cobb Salad has arrived! All of the important gamers current – juicy bites of chicken, crispy lettuce, chunks of tomato, creamy avocado, salty bacon and creamy blue cheese, organized within the signature rows. Served with a home made Cobb Salad dressing. Salad was by no means so scrumptious!
I really feel like I’ve executed limitless iterations of chicken salad, from Chinese language to Vietnamese, Mexican to Thai, to not point out all the assorted non-Asian ones from the Avocado Ranch pasta one to Lemon Chicken to that one I copied from a stylish San Francisco bistro (<- This was is tremendous good!).
So I used to be just a little stunned that I hadn’t executed what might be probably the most basic of all chicken salads – the nice Cobb Salad! Although truly, it was historically made with turkey reasonably than chicken. However as of late chicken is extra frequent, particularly for home made variations.
Although there are numerous tales concerning the origins of Cobb Salad, one factor all people agrees on is that the components must be introduced in neat rows on a big mattress of lettuce. The presence of blue cheese can also be important – in any other case, it’s simply one other chicken salad! 🙂
Cobb Salad Dressing – sharper than most
One other factor price mentioning is that Cobb Salad Dressing is just a little sharper than customary dressings, with a 50/50 oil to vinegar ratio in comparison with the same old 1 half vinegar to three or 4 components oil. The marginally tangier dressing works very well right here as a result of it offsets the richness of the blue cheese, with the additional benefit of decrease energy!
Be at liberty to chop the greens as you want. Some like them extra chunky, to provide the salad a way of heft. Others choose them chopped into smaller items. It’s totally as much as you!
Cobb Salad Greens
Listed here are the greens in a basic Cobb Salad.
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Cos / romaine lettuce – Both 1 giant or 2 small ones (“hearts”), chopped into giant chew measurement items. You need round 12 cups, flippantly packed, barely heaped. I do know, it’s onerous to measure! It’s versatile. The recipe has loads of dressing!
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Tomatoes – Both 2 giant ones reduce into chunks (I choose this) or 250g/8oz cherry tomatoes, halved.
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Avocados – Two medium avocados or one actually giant on.
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Chives – That is an non-compulsory garnish. Finely chop then sprinkled on on the finish.
Cobb Salad Proteins & Blue Cheese
Not a fan of blue cheese? You’re lacking out! 😂
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Chicken – You possibly can both poach your individual (you’ll love my foolproof totally hands-off methodology) or use retailer purchased roast chicken. Although not customary, I prefer to toss my cooked chicken in just a little salt, pepper and dressing. Simply – extra flavour. 🙂
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Bacon – As of late I are likely to cook dinner the strips entire then chop afterwards as a result of it’s much less effort. A lot simpler to chop crispy bacon than uncooked, and fewer effort to cook dinner strips than a pan stuffed with a number of tiny items that hold popping in my face!
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Blue cheese – There won’t be full consensus on precisely what sort of blue cheese is the basic to make use of in a Cobb Salad. However for me, there’s no query: creamy is healthier than crumbly/drier. Creamy blue cheese smears and will get on “every thing”, and every thing it touches is tastier!!
My favorite blue cheese for salads is gorgonzola. Gorgonzola Dolce is my choice for a creamier, rounder blue cheese flavour – that is the extra frequent sort of Gorgonzola. Although if you happen to like your blue cheese actually sharp, then go for Gorgonzola Picante!
New to blue cheese? Attempt Blue Castello. It’s most likely probably the most delicate out of all of the blue cheese, plus it’s higher worth.
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Boiled eggs – I like mine comfortable boiled so the yolks are barely jammy however not runny. 9 minutes in boiling water – boil the water first, decrease eggs in then set the timer! (Boiled egg instructions right here).
Cobb Salad Dressing components
As famous above, Cobb Salad Dressing is tangier than typical vinaigrettes. To assist with thickening (as a result of much less oil = thinner dressing), a contact of Dijon mustard is used.
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Additional virgin olive oil – Use the very best you possibly can afford! The higher the olive oil, the tastier your dressings. 🙂
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Apple cider vinegar – Good all rounder vinegar for dressings that’s not as sharp as white vinegar. Substitute with white wine or pink wine vinegar.
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Dijon mustard – Provides flavour in addition to thickening the dressing which is especially vital right here as a result of this dressing makes use of much less oil. So the dressing can be very watery with out the dijon.
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Eschallot (US: shallot) – The small onions that are finer than peculiar onions so the minced items mix into the dressing higher, reasonably than having a number of large chunks. Additionally, the flavour isn’t as sharp as peculiar onions. This provides good worth into the dressing so don’t skip it! Substitute with 1 tablespoon finely grated pink onion.
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Sugar – Simply 1/2 a teaspoon takes a little bit of the tangy edge off this dressing.
I’m utilizing a basic Cobb Salad dressing at present so there’s no garlic in it. However a finely grated garlic clove definitely wouldn’t go astray right here!
The presentation of Cobb Salad is one among its defining options. Historically, it’s served on a big platter with the components artfully organized in neat rows. I see no purpose to stray from custom when it seems to be so good!
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Dressing – Shake every thing up in a jar. It truly is a fast and straightforward option to correctly combine dressings so that they turn out to be thick and creamy as they need to be.
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Prepare dinner bacon strips till crisp then chop. (See remark within the components part about my choice to cook dinner first then chop later as of late).
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Poach chicken breast utilizing my foolproof poached chicken recipe. (plonk in boiling water, flip range off, go away 20 minutes. Works every-single-time, and the chicken is juicy!).
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Chop & toss – Cool chicken, cube into 2cm / 0.8″ cubes. Toss with salt, pepper and a slosh of Dressing.
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Assemble – Pile the lettuce onto a big platter or bowl. Organize the next throughout the floor in neat rows: chicken, avocado, tomato, bacon, egg. Crumble blue cheese throughout the floor, then scatter with chives. Serve with dressing on the aspect.
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To eat – Let all people assist themselves to the salad, and drizzle on Dressing. Then dive in!
I serve Cobb Salad by laying out the un-dressed salad on an enormous platter, then pouring the dressing right into a jug. Then I go away everybody to assist themselves to the salad and pour over as a lot or as little Dressing as they want.
I choose doing it this manner as a result of in any other case you must toss every vegetable individually in Dressing earlier than laying them out within the signature rows. Which suggests you find yourself utilizing various dressing, plus the lettuce dressed first finally ends up just a little wilted from the dressing if you happen to spend just a little too lengthy fussing with the neat rows (YES I DO!🙈).
Undecided if that is the normal option to serve Cobb Salad, but it surely works for me! – Johnsat x
Ingredients
- 400g/14 oz chicken breast (2 pieces)
- 1/4 tsp cooking/kosher salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 200g/7oz streaky bacon strips
- 4 x 9 minute boiled eggs , quartered
- 12 cups cos / romaine lettuce (1 large head, 2 small), chopped (or other crispy lettuce)
- 2 large tomatoes , cut into 8 wedges then halved (or 250g/8oz cherry tomatoes halved)
- 2 avocados , cut into large pieces
- 200g/7oz gorgonzola dolce (my favourite) or roquefort (traditional), crumbled (or other blue cheese – Note 1)
- 2 tbsp chives , finely chopped
- 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 using this method (20 minute foolproof-guaranteed-juicy). Cool to room temperature then cut into 2cm / 0.75” cubes. Toss with salt, pepper and 2 tablespoons of Dressing. Set aside.
- Crisp bacon: Place bacon strips in a non-stick pan (not heated, no oil). Turn heat onto medium high – as the pan heats up, the fat will begin to melt. Cook for 2 minutes until golden, turn and cook the other side for 1 1/2 minutes until golden. Drain on paper towels. Once cool and crisp, chop into 1.5cm / 0.6" pieces.
- Assemble: Spread lettuce on a large platter. Arrange the ingredients on top in the Cobb Salad signature neat rows: egg, bacon, avocado, tomato and chicken. Crumble blue cheese across the top, sprinkle with chives. Pour dressing into a jug.
- Serving: Let everybody help themselves to the salad and Dressing!
Notes
1. Blue cheese – It ain’t Cobb Salad if it ain’t got blue cheese on it! 🙂 I love using creamy gorgonzola because it smears on everything so it sort of becomes part of the dressing. Hence why the dressing is a little tangier than traditional vinaigrettes – you need it, to cut through the richness of blue cheese.
Blue cheese newbies – Suggest using a milder blue cheese like Blue Castello. Adamantly against blue cheese? Feta or goats cheese would be my picks, and suggest adding an extra tablespoon of oil into the dressing to make it a little less tangy.
Nutrition per serving. Shave off 60 calories by using turkey or lean bacon. And the blue cheese accounts for 130 calories. Totally makes it!!
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