Cobb Salad with the Best Dressing (VIDEO)

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.

You will want the easy Balsamic Vinaigrette on all of your salads. Watch the video tutorial below and you will be craving this Classic Cobb Salad.

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Chicken Cobb Salad Recipe

The original Cobb Salad was developed by Bob Cobb in 1937 for his Brown Derby Restaurant in Los Angeles. It has become a famous American dish and is similar to a Chef’s Salad. It starts with a bed of green lettuce with rows of ingredients arranged over the top just like we did in our Salmon Cobb Salad, or Shrimp Cobb Salad, and it is served with a vinaigrette dressing.

Cobb Salad Video Tutorial

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What’s In a Cobb Salad?

This is one super satisfying salad. Since it has so much protein, you can eat it as a main course or as a side salad.

• Chicken – We love using Baked Chicken Breast or our juicy Instant Pot Whole Chicken, but a store-bought rotisserie chicken works great to save time
• Bacon – try air fryer bacon or crispy oven-baked bacon. You could also sautee bacon in a skillet.
• Eggs – a great way to add more protein to the salad. Use hard-boiled eggs or Instant Pot Boiled Eggs.
• Lettuce– chopped romaine bulks up the salad nicely
• Tomatoes – add a juicy sweet bite – you can use just about any tomatoes (see variations below).
• Avocado – Adding an avocado always elevates a salad!
• Cheese – blue cheese is classic to a cobb salad but you can swap it out if you prefer (see variations section for ideas).
• Onion – a little red onion goes a long way but adds tons of fresh vibrant flavor
• Parsley – it’s an optional but very nice garnish that makes the salad taste a little fancier.

What is the Best Cobb Salad Dressing?

A vinaigrette is the classic dressing for Cobb Salad. We use a homemade balsamic vinaigrette here. It’s one of our most loved dressings and the same one we use for Beet Salad and Autumn Chopped Chicken Salad.

If you want to substitute the dressing, try the Red Wine Vinaigrette from our Greek Pasta Salad. A classic Creamy Ranch Dressing, Avocado Ranch, or Jalapeno Ranch would also work well. Note: if you are using a creamy ranch-based dressing, I would recommend using feta cheese instead of blue cheese.

How to Make Cobb Salad

• Pre-Cook Everything – Cook your chicken, bacon, and eggs and set them aside to cool (see all of our make-ahead tips below).
• Chop your Lettuce, rinse and spin it dry (a salad spinner is such a time saver!), then arrange it on a large shallow platter.
• Arrange toppings in rows – this makes for such a beautiful presentation. Sprinkle finely chopped parsley over the top.
• Make the Dressing – shake it up in a mason jar and drizzle over the salad just before serving.

This Chicken Cobb Salad is easy to assemble but sure looks stunning when served. Everything about this salad is good! This homemade version blows the Chic-fil-A Cobb Salad and Cheesecake Factory’s Cobb Salad out of the water.

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Cobb Salad with the Best Cobb Salad Dressing

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Author: Natasha of NatashasKitchen.com

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.

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Prep Time: 25 minutes mins

Cook Time: 5 minutes mins

Ingredients 

Servings: 6 people as a side salad

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, *
• 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

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Instructions

• Bake, Air Fry, or Sautee bacon on a skillet.* Cook 2 hard-boiled eggs, chill in ice water then peel and quarter the eggs. C
• Chop, rinse and spin dry romaine lettuce and arrange on a shallow platter.
• Arrange the remaining salad ingredients (chicken, eggs, avocado, tomatoes, onion, blue cheese, and bacon) in rows over the 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.

Notes

*For the Chicken – you can use rotisserie chicken and dice it up, or cook and cool some Baked Chicken Breasts. You can also use light or dark meat from an Instant Pot Whole Chicken
*To Sautee bacon, set a skillet over medium heat and cook bacon until browned and crisp on both sides. Transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate to cool then crumble.

Nutrition Per Serving

711kcal Calories12g Carbs50g Protein51g Fat14g Saturated Fat221mg Cholesterol1261mg Sodium905mg Potassium4g Fiber4g Sugar1326IU Vitamin A18mg Vitamin C140mg Calcium3mg Iron

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Nutrition Facts

Cobb Salad with the Best Cobb Salad Dressing

Amount per Serving

Calories

711

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

51

g

78

%

Saturated Fat

 

14

g

88

%

Cholesterol

 

221

mg

74

%

Sodium

 

1261

mg

55

%

Potassium

 

905

mg

26

%

Carbohydrates

 

12

g

4

%

Fiber

 

4

g

17

%

Sugar

 

4

g

4

%

Protein

 

50

g

100

%

Vitamin A

 

1326

IU

27

%

Vitamin C

 

18

mg

22

%

Calcium

 

140

mg

14

%

Iron

 

3

mg

17

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Course: Salad

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Cobb Salad

Skill Level: Easy

Cost to Make: $$

Calories: 711