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. 

Poultry

Prep Time: 25 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

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

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.

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.

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.