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Easy healthy Cobb salad recipe

This healthy Cobb salad with blue cheese, boiled eggs and bacon tossed with the best dressing will definitely blow your mind. This classic American salad is popular restaurant favorite.
5 from 35 votes
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Salad
Cuisine American
Servings 4 -6
Calories 377 kcal

Ingredients
  

Dressing:

  • 2 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
  • ¼ cup olive oil (or avocado oil)
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

Salad

  • 1 Romaine lettuce
  • 6 slices bacon (cooked and chopped or ¾ cup crumbled bacon)
  • 2 medium chicken breasts (boiled, grilled or air fried. You can substitute with rotisserie chicken breast)
  • 3 Large eggs (hard boiled)
  • ½ medium red onions
  • ½ cup cherry tomatoes ( halved)
  • 1 Large avocado (cubed)

Optional add ins

  • sliced cucumber
  • bell peppers
  • or any other preferred veggies
  • pecans or walnuts for extra crunch

Instructions
 

Make the dressing

  • Mix all the dressing ingredients together and set aside in the refrigerator.

Prepare the ingredients

  • Cook the chicken, bacon, and hard-boiled eggs. Once cooled, chop or crumble them into bite-sized pieces. Dice the avocado and halve the cherry tomatoes.

Assemble the salad

  • On a large serving platter or individual salad plates, start with a bed of chopped lettuce.
  • Neatly arrange the chopped chicken, crumbled bacon, hard-boiled eggs, diced avocado, cherry tomatoes, and any additional vegetables you'd like to add on top of the lettuce.
  • Sprinkle the crumbled blue cheese.
  • Garnish with the chopped onions and any optional chopped nuts for added texture and flavor.
  • Drizzle the dressing over the Cobb salad just before serving. You can either serve it already dressed or offer the dressing on the side for individual preferences.
  • If desired, toss the salad gently to distribute the dressing and flavors evenly. Serve immediately.

Nutrition

Calories: 377kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 24gFat: 27gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 15gTrans Fat: 0.05gCholesterol: 156mgSodium: 358mgPotassium: 829mgFiber: 5gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 9366IUVitamin C: 12mgCalcium: 65mgIron: 2mg
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