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Classic Cobb Salad with Red Wine Lemon Vinaigrette
Classic Cobb Salad with Red Wine Lemon Vinaigrette
Classic cobb salad is one of those perfect older salad recipes that is often forgotten. This salad is credited for being invented in the 1930s at the Hollywood Brown Derby restaurant. It later became their signature dish. It’s a great filling main dish salad full of bacon, eggs, cheese and chicken. For my recipe, I added lemon in the dressing to give it a brighter flavor. To make the chicken really special I cooked it in the leftover bacon fat. It’s was so good, even though not so healthy. For a lower fat option, you could just grill your chicken on an indoor or outdoor grill.
Classic Cobb Salad with Red Wine Lemon Vinaigrette
Ingredients
Salad
one large head of romaine or iceberg lettuce
2 lbs chicken breasts, grilled or cooked in leftover bacon grease and chopped
6 hard boiled eggs, chopped (see an easy recipe here)
1/2 lb bacon, chopped and cooked crisp
2 large avocados, chopped
1/2 red onion, diced
2 large tomatoes, diced
1 cup shredded Monterrey and Colby cheese (or crumbled blue cheese)
salt and pepper
Dressing
1 teaspoon lemon zest
the juice of 1 lemon
3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons agave syrup
1/4 cup olive oil
salt and pepper
Method
1. Cook bacon until crisp. Reserve bacon fat to cook chicken in if desired. Salt and pepper chicken. Grill chicken or cook in bacon fat for extra flavor.
2. Add lettuce to a large bowl. Top with cooked and chopped chicken, crisp bacon, chopped hard boiled eggs, avocados, onion, tomatoes and cheese.
3. Combine lemon zest, red wine vinegar and agave syrup for salad dressing to a small bowl. Whisk in olive oil. Add salt and pepper.
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Classic Cobb Salad with Red Wine Lemon Vinaigrette | Eclectic Recipes commented on Jun 08 11 at 11:24 am[...] Source: adapted from The Family Kitchen [...]
Cobb Salad | livelovepasta commented on Jul 06 11 at 8:04 amThe Travel Chica commented on Jun 08 11 at 4:37 pmI’ve always loved how colorful and organized a Cobb Salad looks.
Katie@HealthnutFoodie commented on Jun 08 11 at 11:00 pmOh my! You should never say that cooking chicken in bacon fat is unhealthy! When chicken fed non-gmo grains are seared in uncured, antibiotic-free, pastured pork, this recipe can be a gorgeous medley of healthy fats and great flavor! Awesome job! http://healthnutfoodie.blogspot.com
baobabs commented on Jun 09 11 at 4:38 amthis looks delicious!!!! perfect for summer and easy enough to make! umm lemon red wine vinaigrette, have to try this recipe!
jess white commented on Jun 09 11 at 8:03 ammmm, what a great summer recipe!! i love the way you’ve presented it too!
Angie commented on Jun 09 11 at 9:55 amKatie – Thanks!
Kevin commented on Jun 09 11 at 3:57 pmHey Angie,
Love your blog! We were wondering if we can feature it on our site. We will be launching a new network for food bloggers, foodies and amateur chefs and would love to have you be part of it. You can visit us at http://knapkins.com?name=Angie
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Kevin
Marla {family fresh cooking} commented on Jun 09 11 at 9:45 pmSuch a gorgeous & colorful cobb salad Angie!
jenna commented on Feb 05 12 at 10:13 amThis recipe looks fabulous. I can’t wait to add it to my family’s weekly menu.
ONE THING, your print feature needs to be fixed. I clicked on print and it printed out 7 pages, full of ads, pictures, comments and the recipe on 3 different pages. That was before I canceled my printer, who knows how many total pages were in the queue.
Terri commented on Mar 11 12 at 4:08 pmCan’t wait to try this!…and I had the same printing issue with ads and such. I just wanted the recipe. Thanks!
Kathy commented on Apr 23 12 at 8:02 amCobb salad is one of my all time favorites. Various dreasings can change them up a bir.
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