Cobb salad is a classic salad recipe for good reason!
Crisp romaine lettuce and veggies are tossed with chicken, bacon, and cheese and drizzled with a creamy vinaigrette.
This dish isn’t just a side salad, but it’s perfect for a healthy and satisfying full meal deal!
What is Cobb Salad?
This dish, originally created by Robert Cobb of the famous Hollywood Brown Derby restaurant, is found on menus everywhere, and it’s easy to make at home.
- It combines healthy and hearty ingredients for a satisfying meal.
- It’s flavor-packed and naturally low carb, making it perfect for dinner or lunch.
- Cobb salad stands on its own as a full meal.
Ingredients for Cobb Salad
An easy trick to remember cobb salad ingredients is to use the acronym E.A.T. C.O.B.B. – Eggs, Avocado, Tomato, Chicken, Onion, Bacon, and Blue Cheese!
Lettuce – Romaine lettuce is crisp is dark green, crunchy, and crinkly so it holds all the dressing. Butter lettuce or iceberg lettuce are great options too!
Chicken – Chicken on a cobb salad can be warm or chilled, I personally prefer the chicken to be hot. In the recipe below, I pan-fry the chicken and slice it for serving.
Chicken breasts can be grilled and sliced in this recipe, or simply use shredded rotisserie or roasted chicken for cobb salad meal prep! Almost any chicken (including breaded chicken strips) will work!
Cheese – Dry crumbled cheeses like blue cheese (or feta if you’re not a blue cheese fan) are great in this salad. If you don’t have blue or feta, try shredded cheddar cheese.
Other Additions – Avocados, grape tomatoes, and onions round out this salad, but feel free to add any fresh (or leftover) veggies like corn. Use hard-boiled eggs (we make them in the air fryer).
Dressing for Cobb Salad
Cobb salad dressing can be either creamy or a vinaigrette. My favorites are ranch or blue cheese.
How to Make Cobb Salad
- Prepare and refrigerate salad dressing.
- Cook seasoned chicken cutlets in oil, per the recipe below. Remove from pan to rest.
- Place chopped romaine lettuce in the bottom of a large bowl and arrange the remaining ingredients.
- Drizzle with dressing and serve immediately.
Storing Cobb Salad
To store, keep leftover cobb salad separate from the dressing, if possible. Toss before serving or add fresh lettuce, cheese, bacon, or tomatoes to freshen up the salad.
Store dressing in a jar with a tight-fitting lid for up to 1 week.
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Cobb Salad
Ingredients
- 8 cups romaine lettuce washed and chopped
- 4 hard boiled eggs peeled and quartered
- 1 large avocado pitted and sliced
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
- ½ small red onion sliced
- 8 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
- 4 ounces crumbled blue cheese or feta cheese
Chicken
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts 6 to 7 ounces each
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon Cajun Seasoning or your favorite seasoning blend
Dressing
- ⅔ cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup sour cream
- ½ tablespoon dried parsley or 1 ½ teaspoons fresh
- ½ teaspoon dried dill or 1 ½ teaspoons fresh
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- milk as needed
- salt and black pepper to taste
Instructions
- For the dressing, whisk together mayonnaise, sour cream, dried parsley, dried dill, onion powder, and garlic powder in a small bowl. Gradually add milk to reach the desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper, then refrigerate.
- To hard boil eggs, place in a saucepan and cover with cold water 1-inch above the eggs. Bring to a rolling boil, cover, then remove from heat. Let stand for 15-17 minutes. Cool in ice water for 5 minutes, then peel and quarter.
- To make the chicken, cut the breasts horizontally to make 4 cutlets. Toss the chicken with oil and seasoning. Preheat a non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook for 3 minutes per side or until cooked through. Rest for 5 minutes and then slice into strips.
- Assembly: Place lettuce in the bottom of a large salad bowl. Top with eggs, avocado, tomatoes, onion, blue cheese, bacon, and, sliced chicken.
- Drizzle with dressing and serve immediately.
Notes
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
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We love this salad! I have made it multiple times. My roommate doesn’t like avocado or eggs so I add cucumbers to his. Perfect for summer time…or any time.
I love a good Cobb salad. I used to get one at the Magic Castle in Hollywood, CA. as a meal when I would go there. The arrangement of the the ingredients were place in strip formation like it was originally service at the famous Brown Derby Restaurant. It was delicious instead of a creamy vinaigrette I like the sweetness of a ready good balsamic vinaigrette. For me it seems to balance the bold favors of the blue cheese, bacon and chicken. I also like that Penny has a selection for serving sizes on her site. Sometimes I will also use a home made honey lemon Dijon vinaigrette too. I would never suggest using a ranch or blue cheese dressing though….the taste of elements of the salad would be lost.
A vinaigrette is a great option for this salad! So many delicious flavors in one salad!
Please have recipes for 2 people only. We really don’t like to eat the same day for 2 -3 days.
Thank you
Hi Suzanne, when you click “print” you can change the servings size by half! I hope that helps.
I just noticed that Penny has a choice for the various serving listed before printing. You may choose whatever servings you would like there. By clicking on the servings it changes the entire amount of the ingrediencies. Give it a try Suzanne.