Cobb Salad with the Best Dressing

 Easy Cobb Chicken Salad with the Best Homemade Cobb Salad Dressing! This protein-packed salad is a meal in itself loaded with crisp lettuce, tomato, chicken, bacon, hard-boiled egg, creamy avocado, and crumbled blue cheese.

You'll want this easy balsamic vinaigrette dressing on all of your salads. Watch the video tutorial below and you will be craving it.

What is cobb salad?

The original Cobb salad was developed by Bob Cobb in 1937 for the Brown Derby restaurant in Los Angeles. It has become a popular American dish and is similar to a chef's salad. It starts with a bed of green lettuce with rows of ingredients arranged on top of it just like we did in our Salmon Cobb Salad, and it's served with a vinaigrette.

Cobb Salad Ingredients:

We love using Juicy Instant Pot Baked Whole Chicken but store-bought rotisserie chicken works great to save time and the only thing you have to cook is bacon and hard-boiled eggs. This is a very satisfying salad. Since it contains a lot of protein, you can eat it as a main course or as a side salad.

Can I substitute blue cheese?

The favorite cheese for the original Cobb salad is blue cheese. We used blue gorgonzola cheese, but blue cheese or blue cheese works just as well. If you're not a fan of blue cheese, crumbled feta cheese will work here, too.

What is the best cobb salad dressing?

Vinaigrette is the classic dressing for a Cobb salad. We use our homemade balsamic vinaigrette here. If you want to substitute salsa, Avocado Ranch or Jalapeno Ranch will work just fine. If you're using a creamy ranch-based dressing, I recommend using feta cheese instead of blue cheese.

Can I make a Cobb salad?

You can prepare the salad and dressing 2-3 hours before dinner. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate. Keep the salad and dressing separate until ready to serve. Here are some illustrative tips:

Dressing - Put it in a mason jar so you can shake it well just before serving in case it separates. Serve it straight from a mason jar.

Lettuce can be rinsed and dried beforehand (a salad spinner works best), then refrigerated until ready to use.

Avocados should be cut into slices shortly before serving because avocados tend to change color when they come into contact with air.

Chicken breasts can be precooked and refrigerated (or you can use meat from a store-bought rotisserie chicken to save time).

Bacon can be browned. Drain on paper towels and refrigerate until ready to use.

Eggs can be made several days in advance. Cook hard-boiled eggs and refrigerate them until ready to use.

This chicken salad is easy to put together but sure looks amazing when served. Everything about this salad is good! This homemade version blows Chick Fil a Cobb Salad and Cheesecake Factory out of the water.

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ingredients

Chicken Cup Salad Ingredients:

6 ounces bacon, (6 strips), chopped and browned

1 medium lettuce, 5 cups shredded, washed and drained

2 chicken breasts cooked from cooked chicken

2 boiled eggs

1 large avocado cut into slices

1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved

1/2 cup finely chopped red onion

1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese (or feta cheese)

2 tablespoons of finely chopped parsley

Cobb Salad Dressing:

3 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

1 garlic clove pressed or finely minced

1/3 cup of extra virgin olive oil

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon black pepper

instructions

Fry the chopped bacon on a skillet until brown and crispy (5 minutes), then transfer to a paper towel-lined plate to cool. Cook 2 hard-boiled eggs, then peel and quarter.

Romaine Lettuce Chop, rinse, squeeze and arrange on a plate. Arrange the rest of the salad ingredients (chicken, eggs, avocado, tomatoes, onions, blue cheese, and bacon) in rows on top of the salad, then sprinkle the finely chopped parsley over the salad.

Transfer the dressing ingredients to a mason jar and shake like crazy. Drizzle over salad just before serving, or let guests add their own dressing if desired.