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Cobb salad
Los Angeles chopped salad with chicken, bacon, egg, avocado and blue cheese
The Cobb salad was born at the Brown Derby restaurant in Hollywood in the 1930s, and it is still a lunch classic in Los Angeles delis and hotel coffee shops. Rows of chopped chicken, crisp bacon (pork), hard-boiled egg, avocado, tomato and blue cheese sit on crisp lettuce, and everyone mixes them with a sharp red wine vinegar dressing at the table. Chef's tip: chop everything to roughly the same small size so each forkful gets a bit of everything.
- Total time
- 45 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
For the salad
For the dressing
Method
0/5 doneStep 1: Rub 2 chicken breasts with 1 tbsp olive oil and a pinch of salt. Cook in a frying pan over a medium heat for 6–7 minutes per side until golden and 165°F in the thickest part. Rest for 5 minutes, then dice. Wash boards after cutting raw chicken.
20 minStep 2: Fry 6 rashers smoked streaky bacon in the same pan for 6 minutes until crisp, drain on kitchen paper and crumble.
6 minStep 3: Lower 3 eggs into boiling water and cook for 10 minutes, then cool in cold water, peel and chop.
12 minStep 4: Shake 3 tbsp red wine vinegar, 1 tsp Dijon mustard, 1 clove garlic, 1 tbsp lemon juice, ½ cup extra virgin olive oil, ½ tsp salt and ½ tsp black pepper in a jar until creamy.
3 minStep 5: Spread 10 ½ oz romaine and iceberg lettuce on a large platter. Arrange the chicken, bacon, eggs, 2 tomatoes, 2 ripe avocados and 3 ½ oz blue cheese in neat rows on top and scatter with 1 tbsp chives. Dice the avocado last so it stays green. A common mistake is dressing it before serving; pour the dressing over at the table and toss.
8 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 640 kcal
- Protein
- 40 g
- Carbs
- 10 g
- Fat
- 49 g
- Fibre
- 7 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does cobb salad take?
- About 45 minutes in total: 25 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 4 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it gluten free?
- Yes, as written. Check the labels on stock, sauces and spice mixes, which sometimes contain gluten.
- What can I use instead of chicken breasts?
- Boneless chicken thighs, same weight (a few minutes longer).
- What can I use instead of eggs?
- 1 tbsp ground flaxseed + 3 tbsp water per egg, left for 5 minutes (baking only; vegan).
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