Cobb Salad
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
6-8
ingredients
- 2 cups romaine lettuce, finely chopped
- 2 cups boston lettuce, finely chopped
- 2 cups iceberg lettuce, finely chopped
- 1 cup watercress, chopped, discard coarse stems
- 3 ripe avocados (preferably Haas)
- 3 cups cooked chicken breasts, finely diced (a rotiesserie chicken from the grocer is a time saver)
- 6 slices lean bacon, cooked and crumbled
- 1 large tomatoes, seeded and chopped fine
- 1 large hard-boiled egg, chopped fine
- 2 tablespoons fresh chives, chopped
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DRESSING
- 1⁄3 cup red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
- 2⁄3 cup crisco vegetable oil
- 1⁄2 cup Roquefort cheese, crumbled
directions
- Toss together, lettuces, and watercress in a large salad bowl. Halve, pit and peel avocados and cut them into 1/2-inch pieces.
- Arrange chicken, bacon, tomato and avacodo decoratively over the greens. Garnish the salad with the chopped egg and chives.
- DRESSING: Whisk together vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper to taste. Add oil in a slow stream, continuously whisking. Whisk dressing untl thick and blended.
- Stir in Roquefort. Whisk dressing again and pour over the salad. Toss well just before serving.
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