- Nut free
- Seafood free
- Sesame free
- Shellfish free
- Soy free
- Peanut free
- High in dietary fibre
- High in protein
- No added sugar
- 2 serves veg or fruit
The classic American cobb salad is a bright lettuce and tomato salad that’s packed with flavour from juicy chicken, crispy bacon and creamy blue cheese.
- Serves4
- Cook time10 minutes
- Prep time10 minutes
Ingredients
- 3 free range eggs
- 200g short-cut bacon
- 1 baby cos lettuce, leaves separated
- 2 Coles Hot Roast Chicken breasts, skin and bones discarded, thickly sliced
- 1 firm ripe avocado, stoned, peeled, thickly sliced
- 12 red Perino tomatoes, halved
- 1 Lebanese cucumber, thickly sliced
- 4 radishes, halved
- 75g blue cheese, crumbled
Dressing
- 1/4 cup (60ml) olive oil
- 1 1/2 tbs apple cider vinegar
- 1 tbs Dijon mustard
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 tsp honey
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Method
Step 1
To make the dressing, whisk the oil, vinegar, mustard, garlic and honey in a small bowl. Season.
Step 2
Bring a medium saucepan of water to the boil. Carefully add the eggs and simmer for 8 mins for medium boiled eggs. Use a slotted spoon to transfer eggs to a bowl of iced water. Set aside for 5 mins to cool. Peel the eggs and cut in half.
Step 3
Heat a large lightly oiled frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the bacon and cook, turning, for 2-3 mins or until golden brown. Coarsely chop.
Step 4
Arrange the lettuce, chicken, avocado, tomato, cucumber, radish, cheese, egg and bacon on a serving platter. Drizzle with dressing.
Recipe tip
COOK. STORE. SAVE.
Clever storage: Store leftover assembled bacon Cobb salad in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 day, and keep the dressing in a separate airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 days.
Cobb salad recipe
What is a Cobb salad? Cobb salad is a beloved American salad, believed to have been invented in Hollywood at the Brown Derby restaurant in 1937 thanks to the owner, Bob Cobb, rummaging together various ingredients in the kitchen’s fridge. Those famous Cobb salad ingredients include crisp lettuce, tender chicken, smoky bacon, egg, avocado, tomato and creamy blue cheese, dressed with a tangy mustard vinaigrette. A classic Cobb is vibrant, satisfying, tasty and fresh, and a surefire way to please a crowd. Pair it with bread to enjoy it as a quick and easy lunch or dinner – ready to serve up and eat in just 20 minutes.
How to make the best chicken Cobb salad
Putting together an amazing Cobb salad goes beyond knowing what's in a Cobb salad! Here are some tips:
If you are not using hot roast chicken, make sure the chicken pieces are pre-seasoned or marinated with simple salt and pepper and maybe a couple of herbs.
Choose gorgonzola dolce for a fuller flavour, or Castello blue cheese if you prefer a milder taste. Creamy or smooth blue cheese is ideal for Cobb salad, because you want it to be smeared onto all the other ingredients once tossed.
Hard-boiled eggs or eggs with jammy yolks are the usual ways to cook eggs for this salad. See this guide for how to boil your eggs correctly.
For the Cobb salad dressing, you can replace the minced garlic with minced shallot, which adds a sweet and aromatic flavour.
How to serve this American Cobb salad
To assemble the salad, spread a bed of lettuce on the bottom of a large serving platter, then add the rest of the ingredients on top of the lettuce. Sprinkle the blue cheese over the top. You can serve the dressing for Cobb salad on the side, so that any leftover salad can be stored without becoming soggy. This also allows people to add as much dressing as they like. What's Cobb salad best served with? Think breadsticks, garlic bread, cob loaf, focaccia, naan, pita, pasta salad and soup. This is the best Cobb salad to assemble as a starter when you are entertaining guests, or to take with you for potlucks, picnics and BBQs. It’s easily made ahead, just prep all the ingredients, except the avocado, and store them in separate airtight containers in the fridge for up to 3 days. You can store the freshly made vinaigrette in the fridge for up to 2 days.
Love this recipe?
This is the best chicken Cobb salad recipe to make when you’re craving something filling, tasty and fresh. If you’re looking to introduce more salads to your weekly menu, check out these recipes for chicken, apple and lettuce salad, green salad with garlic bread croutons and springtime picnic salad.
FAQs
Cobb salad
- Serves4
- Cook time10 minutes
- Prep time10 minutes
Ingredients
- 3 free range eggs
- 200g short-cut bacon
- 1 baby cos lettuce, leaves separated
- 2 Coles Hot Roast Chicken breasts, skin and bones discarded, thickly sliced
- 1 firm ripe avocado, stoned, peeled, thickly sliced
- 12 red Perino tomatoes, halved
- 1 Lebanese cucumber, thickly sliced
- 4 radishes, halved
- 75g blue cheese, crumbled
Dressing
- 1/4 cup (60ml) olive oil
- 1 1/2 tbs apple cider vinegar
- 1 tbs Dijon mustard
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 tsp honey
Description
The classic American cobb salad is a bright lettuce and tomato salad that’s packed with flavour from juicy chicken, crispy bacon and creamy blue cheese.
Method
Step 1
To make the dressing, whisk the oil, vinegar, mustard, garlic and honey in a small bowl. Season.
Step 2
Bring a medium saucepan of water to the boil. Carefully add the eggs and simmer for 8 mins for medium boiled eggs. Use a slotted spoon to transfer eggs to a bowl of iced water. Set aside for 5 mins to cool. Peel the eggs and cut in half.
Step 3
Heat a large lightly oiled frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the bacon and cook, turning, for 2-3 mins or until golden brown. Coarsely chop.
Step 4
Arrange the lettuce, chicken, avocado, tomato, cucumber, radish, cheese, egg and bacon on a serving platter. Drizzle with dressing.