Cobb Salad
Composed salad of chicken, bacon, egg, avocado, and blue cheese.
Ingredients
- 300 g Chicken
- 100 g Bacon
- 2 Egg
- 1 Avocado
- 1 head Romaine lettuce
- 150 g Cherry tomatoes
- 60 g Cheddar cheese
- 3 tbsp Extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp Red wine vinegar
- ½ tsp Salt
Method
- Bring a small pot of water to a boil, lower in the eggs, and hard-boil until set, about 10 minutes, then drain and cool under cold water.
- While the eggs boil, fry the bacon in a dry skillet over medium heat until crisp and browned, about 8 minutes, then drain on paper towel.
- Season the chicken with salt and pan-cook over medium-high heat until golden and cooked through, about 8 minutes, then rest and slice.
- While the chicken cooks, chop the romaine, halve the cherry tomatoes, and dice the avocado.
- Whisk the olive oil and red wine vinegar into a dressing.
- Arrange the chicken, tomato, avocado, and egg in rows over the lettuce with crumbled cheese and bacon, and drizzle with the dressing.
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About Cobb Salad
The Cobb is an American composed salad, a template for abundance. Rather than a jumbled heap of leaves, each ingredient—chicken, bacon, egg, avocado, tomato, cheese—is arranged distinctly so you can see what you're about to eat and ensure every forkful contains the proper distribution of protein and fat. This isn't fussy; it's practical. The salad emerged from a restaurant kitchen's need to use up scraps and ends, but it became something more elegant than its origins because every single element has a textural and flavor purpose.
Built correctly, a Cobb salad delivers the kitchen's most reliable satisfaction: the warm, tender chicken contrasts with cold crisp lettuce, the salty richness of bacon and hard-cooked egg plays against bright tomato and creamy avocado, and a simple red wine vinaigrette ties it all together without pretending to be anything more than a vehicle for the ingredients. It's a complete meal in a bowl, substantial enough for dinner, versatile enough to accommodate whatever cheese you have on hand. The genius of the Cobb format is that it's as appealing to the eye as it is to eat—you're drawn to the order and abundance on the plate before the first bite even happens.
Cobb Salad: frequently asked questions
How many calories are in Cobb Salad?
A serving has about 541 calories — 26.7g protein, 10.2g carbs, 45.1g fat, 5.7g fiber. Figures are estimated from the ingredient amounts and will shift with your portions and brands.
Is it high in protein?
Each serving has about 26.7g of protein, roughly 20% of its calories.
Is Cobb Salad gluten-free?
Based on its ingredients, Cobb Salad has no gluten-containing components, so it's naturally gluten-free — as always, check that any packaged ingredients you use are certified gluten-free to be safe.
Is Cobb Salad dairy-free?
Not as written — it uses Cheddar cheese. Swapping it for a plant-based alternative makes it dairy-free.
How many servings does Cobb Salad make?
This recipe makes 4 servings. In the app you can scale it up or down and the ingredient amounts adjust automatically.