Cobb Salad Recipe

Chicken, bacon, avocado, tomatoes and blue cheese combined together for a delicious, smoky and rich tasting salad that you will enjoy any time.

Simple ingredients and quick preparation are key to making this Cobb Salad one you will come back to again and again.

See the easy menu planner for some simple and varied quick meal ideas for any day of the week.

2-3 servings

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7 Ingredients Needed

chicken breasts – 2 cooked (large, boned and skinless)
(cut into medium sized pieces)

bacon – 4 slices cooked and diced

avocado – (1) peeled, pitted and diced

tomatoes – 1 large or 2 medium – diced

blue cheese – 2 oz – crumbled

all natural bottled French or Italian dressing – to desired moistness

salad greens

Make Ahead:
- 2 large, boned, and skinless chicken breasts – cooked, cooled and cut into medium sized pieces

- 4 bacon slices cooked and diced

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1. In a large bowl, combine the chicken, bacon, avocado, tomatoes and blue cheese.

2. Pour salad dressing over cobb salad to coat until desired moistness is achieved. Combine well and refrigerate salad to allow flavors to develop.

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Quick Meals - Menu Planner:

** Serve this recipe for cobb salad over a bed of your favorite washed and dried salad greens along with plain or flavored breadsticks. A combination of leaf lettuces, endive or watercress and romaine are good choices.

** A quick lunch idea is to serve our cobb salad as a stuffing for pita sandwiches, filling each pita with the salad greens on the bottom and the cobb salad on top. Serve your favorite chips along with the cobb sandwich.

** An attractive presentation is to serve Cobb Salad Recipe mounded in the center of chilled plates with fruit slices placed around the edge.

** An easy dinner idea is to serve this quick salad along with cooked wild or brown rice drizzled with lime juice.


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Though it’s hefty enough on its own, the following additions add a little extra to this Cobb Salad Recipe if you want to extend it a little further to serve more or just want a little extra flavor.

*Add 2 or 3 hard-cooked eggs

*Add another meat such as cooked turkey

*Add more vegetables such as: diced celery, diced cucumber or even diced roasted red pepper

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