Best Cobb Salad Recipe with Chicken and Bacon
- Meanwhile, prep the veggies: chop all the lettuce. Chop or slice tomato. Chop the green onions. Hold off on
If you are baking your bacon, get it in the oven before prepping your veggies.
- Pan sear the chicken. If you are short on time, chopped rotisserie chicken is a great option! Be sure to dry your chicken well before cooking, and make sure to space it out in the pan to get good browning.
- Slice the avocado. You want to do this right before serving so it doesn’t get brown.
One of my favorite hacks for a super flavorful salad is to add your onions and herbs to your lettuce, BEFORE adding other toppings. It gets much better distributed that way, making every bite of your salad perfect. There are no herbs called for in BobCobb Salad, but you could certainly toss in some chopped basil or parsley and it would be delicious.
How do you cut lettuce for Cobb salad?
You’ll notice I just tell you to chop the lettuce for this salad. That’s because I’m making salad, not doing heart surgery. Personally I prefer smaller bites of lettuce–like maybe one inch squares–because I’m not trying to unhinge my jaw every time I take a bite. Your personal preference may suggest you cut larger piece. Basically, I like to slice the leaves of romaine in thirds vertically, from top to bottom, then cut across the other way with multiple horizontal cuts. This gets me those approximately one-inch pieces. I also like washing the leaves before I do the chopping, but you could definitely cut first and wash second. A salad spinner is your friend.
How to serve the Best Cobb Salad
Cobb Salad Dressing
Cobb Salad is traditionally served with a red wine vinaigrette. A vinaigrette is a great option for Cobb Salad because it’s super easy to make and has lots of tangy flavor to balance all the rich ingredients in the salad. But we don’t have to limit ourselves here, try out these other dressing ideas!
When I told Eric I was making a Cobb Salad recipe, I asked him what dressing he would choose to go with it. Without hesitating he answered “Honey Mustard.” Who am I to deny such confidence? So that’s why I’ve included a quick Honey Mustard Dressing in the recipe below. I’ve also included the Red Wine Vinaigrette recipe in the notes.
Homemade dressings make a big impact, but if you’re short on time a store bought salad dressing is going to do you just fine. Don’t let some food blogger tell you what to do.
