Best 6 Garden Cobb Salad Recipes

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When the weather is warm, refreshing, and light dishes are the best choices for meals. Salads are a great option, and garden cobb salad is a classic favorite. Whether you are looking for a simple weekday lunch or a stunning main-course salad to serve at a special occasion meal, garden cobb salad is the perfect option. This delicious and healthy salad is a main dish salad that combines fresh garden vegetables with hard-boiled eggs, bacon, blue cheese, and avocado.

Here are our top 6 tried and tested recipes!

CLASSIC COBB SALAD



Classic Cobb Salad image

Making this salad is a lot like putting in a garden. I "plant" everything in nice, neat sections, just as I do with seedlings. -Patricia Kile, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Lunch

Time 20m

Yield 4 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 10

6 cups torn iceberg lettuce
2 medium tomatoes, chopped
1 medium ripe avocado, peeled and chopped
3/4 cup diced fully cooked ham
2 hard-boiled large eggs, chopped
3/4 cup diced cooked turkey
1-1/4 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
Salad dressing of choice
Optional: Sliced ripe olives and lemon wedges

Steps:

  • Place lettuce on a platter or in a large serving bowl. Arrange remaining ingredients in rows or sections as desired. Serve with dressing of choice; if desired, serve with sliced ripe olives and lemon wedges.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 260 calories, Fat 15g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 148mg cholesterol, Sodium 586mg sodium, Carbohydrate 10g carbohydrate (5g sugars, Fiber 4g fiber), Protein 23g protein. Diabetic Exchanges

COBB SALAD



Cobb Salad image

This Cobb salad has some of my favorite ingredients: chicken, egg, tomatoes, blue cheese and avocado.

Provided by Bill

Categories     Salad

Time 50m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 9

6 slices bacon
3 eggs
1 head iceberg lettuce, shredded
3 cups chopped, cooked chicken meat
2 tomatoes, seeded and chopped
¾ cup blue cheese, crumbled
1 avocado - peeled, pitted and diced
3 green onions, chopped
1 (8 ounce) bottle Ranch-style salad dressing

Steps:

  • Place eggs in a saucepan and cover completely with cold water. Bring water to a boil. Cover, remove from heat, and let eggs stand in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from hot water, cool, peel and chop.
  • Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.
  • Divide shredded lettuce among individual plates.
  • Evenly divide and arrange chicken, eggs, tomatoes, blue cheese, bacon, avocado and green onions in a row on top of the lettuce.
  • Drizzle with your favorite dressing and enjoy.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 525.2 calories, Carbohydrate 10.2 g, Cholesterol 179.1 mg, Fat 39.9 g, Fiber 4.1 g, Protein 31.7 g, SaturatedFat 9.9 g, Sodium 915.2 mg, Sugar 5 g

ROAST CHICKEN COBB SALAD



Roast Chicken Cobb Salad image

Provided by Ina Garten

Categories     main-dish

Time 1h10m

Yield 4 to 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 14

2 large chicken breasts, bone-in, skin-on
Good olive oil
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/2 pound thick-cut applewood smoked bacon
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (2 lemons)
5 tablespoons good olive oil
1 1/2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 ripe Hass avocados
Juice of 1 lemon
1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved through the stem
1 cup diced English Stilton, or other crumbly blue cheese
3 ounces baby arugula

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Arrange 2 racks evenly spaced in the oven.
  • Place the chicken breasts, skin side up, on one sheet pan. Pat the chicken dry with paper towels, rub the tops completely with olive oil, and sprinkle generously with salt and pepper. Roast for 35 to 40 minutes, until a meat thermometer registers 140 degrees. Cover with aluminum foil and allow to rest for 10 minutes. When cool enough to handle, discard the skin and bones, and cut the chicken in 1-inch dice.
  • At the same time, place a baking rack on the second sheet pan and lay the bacon out on the rack in one layer. Roast the bacon for 20 to 25 minutes in the same oven with the chicken, until browned and cooked. Set the bacon aside, until cool enough to handle and cut in large dice.
  • Meanwhile, make the vinaigrette: Whisk together the lemon juice, olive oil, mustard, salt, and pepper in a measuring cup and set aside.
  • Cut the avocados in half, remove the seeds, and peel. Cut into 1-inch dice, toss with the lemon juice, and set aside.
  • Place the chicken and tomatoes in a large serving bowl. Sprinkle generously with salt and pepper and enough vinaigrette to moisten. Toss well. Add the avocados, bacon, Stilton, arugula, and additional vinaigrette and toss carefully. Serve at room temperature.

BASIC COBB SALAD



Basic Cobb Salad image

The Brown Derby restaurant, which opened its doors in 1929, was as famous a part of Hollywood's golden age as Mann's Chinese Theater or Schwab's drugstore. It was a meeting place and hangout for such stars as Cecil B. DeMille, the Barrymores, and Rudolph Valentino, as well as many Hollywood hopefuls. According to legend, the Brown Derby made a lasting contribution to American cuisine when its manager, Bob Cobb, fixed a late-night meal from leftovers he found in the kitchen, including chicken, bacon, avocado, tomatoes, and hard-boiled eggs. He placed them on a bed of lettuce, drizzled them with dressing, and single-handedly invented the Cobb salad. Like the Caesar salad, the basic Cobb has inspired countless variations, including this delicious version.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Ingredients     Meat & Poultry     Pork Recipes

Number Of Ingredients 18

3/4 pound thick-sliced bacon, cut into 2-inch pieces
1/4 teaspoon dry mustard powder
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 medium garlic clove, finely chopped
2 tablespoons red-wine vinegar
1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 small head romaine, (about 5 cups), washed, spun dry, and torn into bite-size pieces
1 medium bunch watercress, leaves and 1-inch stem, washed and spun dry
1 pound roasted turkey breast, sliced 1/4 inch thick
1/4 pound Maytag blue cheese, roughly crumbled
2 large hard-boiled eggs, thinly sliced
1 medium tomato, cut into 1/4-inch wedges
8 ounces cherry tomatoes, sliced
1 medium Hass avocado, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch wedges
1/2 teaspoon finely chopped tarragon
1/2 teaspoon finely chopped chervil
1 teaspoon finely chopped parsley

Steps:

  • In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp, about 15 minutes. With a slotted spoon, transfer to paper towels to drain.
  • In a small bowl, whisk together mustard, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, and vinegar. In a slow, steady stream, whisk in oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Set aside.
  • Arrange romaine and watercress on a large serving platter. Arrange turkey, blue cheese, eggs, tomatoes, avocado, and bacon in sections on top of the greens. Sprinkle with chopped herbs. Pour dressing over salad. Serve immediately.

WINTER COBB SALAD



Winter Cobb Salad image

Savory tamari-laced tofu and crispy shiitake mushrooms take the place of chicken and bacon in this vegetarian spin on a classic cobb salad. Kale is used as the green home base, and in addition to the plant-based proteins mentioned, it gets topped off with the usual suspects of creamy avocado, cherry tomatoes, hard-cooked eggs, and blue cheese.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Salad Recipes

Time 35m

Number Of Ingredients 11

4 large eggs
1/4 cup red-wine vinegar
1 small clove garlic, minced
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 small bunch lacinato kale (8 ounces), stems removed, leaves sliced into ribbons (6 cups)
1 avocado, pitted, peeled, and sliced
1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
1/2 cup Crispy Shiitakes
1 1/2 cups All-Purpose Baked Tofu
3 ounces blue cheese, crumbled

Steps:

  • Cover eggs with water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat, cover, and let stand 8 minutes. Drain and rinse under cold water. Peel and slice in half.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together vinegar and garlic. Season with salt and pepper. Slowly add oil, whisking until combined. Season to taste.
  • Season kale with salt and pepper; toss with half of dressing until evenly coated. Transfer to a platter and top with eggs, avocado, tomatoes, shiitakes, and tofu. Season to taste. Sprinkle with cheese, drizzle with remaining dressing, and serve immediately.

COBB SALAD RECIPE BY TASTY



Cobb Salad Recipe by Tasty image

Here's what you need: bacon, chicken breasts, salt, pepper, shallot, apple cider vinegar, dijon mustard, salt, olive oil, pepper, romaine lettuce, hard boiled eggs, roma tomato, avocado, blue cheese

Provided by Milloni Merchant

Categories     Lunch

Yield 2 servings

Number Of Ingredients 15

8 strips bacon
2 chicken breasts
salt
pepper
1 shallot, diced
¼ cup apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon dijon mustard
½ teaspoon salt
¼ cup olive oil
¼ teaspoon pepper
1 romaine lettuce
2 hard boiled eggs, sliced
1 roma tomato, diced
1 avocado, sliced
4 oz blue cheese

Steps:

  • Slice strips of bacon into 1-inch (2 ½ cm) pieces
  • Aggressively season chicken breast on both sides with salt and pepper
  • Over medium-high heat, cook bacon until desired crispness. Remove from the pan and strain over a paper towel. Drain excess fat
  • Cook the chicken breast for 7 minutes on each side, or until internal temperature reaches 165˚F/75˚C.
  • In a bowl, whisk together shallots, apple cider vinegar, dijon mustard, salt and pepper. Slowly drizzle in the olive oil until emulsified.
  • Chop romaine into bite size pieces and dice chicken into cubes.
  • In a serving bowl, add a bed of romaine lettuce.
  • In lines across the bowl, place chicken, blue cheese, bacon pieces, avocado, egg, and tomatoes.
  • Drizzle the dressing over the top.
  • Enjoy!

Tips:

  • Use fresh, seasonal ingredients: This will ensure that your salad is packed with flavor and nutrients.
  • Don't be afraid to experiment: There are endless possibilities when it comes to creating a cobb salad, so feel free to add or remove ingredients to suit your taste.
  • Make sure to use a good quality dressing: The dressing is what will tie all of the flavors of the salad together, so it's important to choose one that you love.
  • Serve the salad immediately: Cobb salad is best enjoyed fresh, so serve it as soon as you've made it.

Conclusion:

The Garden Cobb Salad is a delicious and refreshing salad that is perfect for a summer meal. It is packed with fresh vegetables, protein, and healthy fats, making it a satisfying and nutritious choice. Whether you are looking for a light lunch or a hearty dinner, the Garden Cobb Salad is sure to please.

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