Cobb Salad
Easy Cobb Salad Recipe with mixed salad greens, cherry tomatoes, crispy bacon, grilled chicken breast pieces, hard-boiled eggs, purple onion, avocado, and a green cobb salad dressing just like Panera cobb salad! These cobb salad ingredients are like the classic only the dressing is a recreation of the basil vinaigrette from the Panera Bread restaurant! Serve it as a main dish or as a side, arranged on a plate!
Equipment
- 1 large plate or bowl, (to lay out ingredients)
- 1 tongs
- 1 sharp chefs knife, (for chopping)
- 1 blender, (for dressing)
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 8 oz grilled chicken breast strips
- 8 cups lettuce*, (mix of baby red and green leaf lettuce and romaine)
- 4 slices bacon, (cooked and chopped)
- 1/4 cup red onion , (sliced or pickled purple onions)
- 1 avocado, (sliced)
- 12 cherry tomatoes, (cut into slices or halved)
- 4 hard-boiled eggs, (quartered)
Green Cobb Salad Dressing:
- 1 cup packed fresh basil, (about 1 oz)
- 3/4 cup Caesar dressing, (Newman's Own brand the vinaigrette-style)
- 2 cloves garlic, (peeled)
- 1/2 cup sour cream, (Daisy brand)
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise, (Hellman's)
- 2 Tbsp parmesan cheese, (freshly grated)
- 1 Tbsp cane sugar
Instructions
Directions:
- Make the green cobb salad dressing by blending all the ingredients in a blender.
- Pour dressing into a plastic squeeze bottle and keep refrigerated.
- Rinse, chop, and spin dry the lettuce. Arrange salad ingredients in the given order in a large plate or bowl; lettuce, chicken, bacon, red onion, cherry tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, and avocado. You can do this in neat rows.
- Drizzle 1/3 cup of salad dressing before serving or serve cobb dressing on the side for guests to drizzle their desired amount.
Notes
Lettuce* I used 1 romaine head and half of a 5 oz box of herb salad mix
- To cook bacon in the microwave: place 4 slices of bacon on a paper-towel-lined plate and cover it with plastic wrap. Microwave on high for 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Cool before unwrapping.
- Use a chef's knife to chop cobb salad ingredients (chopping is a breeze with this knife, it's the same one I own.)
- Add 1/2 cup of crumbled Gorgonzola cheese if desired.
Nutrition Facts
Cobb Salad
Serving Size
1 serving
Amount per Serving
Calories
592
% Daily Value*
Fat
51
g
78
%
Saturated Fat
11
g
69
%
Trans Fat
0.1
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
21
g
Monounsaturated Fat
16
g
Cholesterol
198
mg
66
%
Sodium
689
mg
30
%
Potassium
603
mg
17
%
Carbohydrates
13
g
4
%
Fiber
4
g
17
%
Sugar
7
g
8
%
Protein
22
g
44
%
Vitamin A
1250
IU
25
%
Vitamin C
16
mg
19
%
Calcium
113
mg
11
%
Iron
2
mg
11
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
