All Tossed Together Cobb Salad Food

COBB PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• In 4-quart saucepan, cook pasta as directed on box; drain. Rinse with cold water; drain well.
• In large bowl, stir together seasoning mix pouches, mayonnaise and lemon juice. Stir in cooked pasta.
• Spread lettuce on large serving platter. Top with pasta mixture. Arrange remaining salad ingredients in rows over pasta.

COBB SALAD

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.

CLASSIC COBB SALAD

Steps:

• Cook the bacon in a medium skillet over medium heat, stirring, until crisp, 15 to 20 minutes; transfer to paper towels to drain.
• Meanwhile, place the eggs in a saucepan and cover with cold water by about 1 inch. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat, then cover, remove from the heat and let stand, 10 to 12 minutes. Drain, then run under cold water to cool. Peel under cold running water. Chop the hard-cooked eggs and season with salt.
• Combine the chicken, lemon zest and juice, bay leaves, thyme, peppercorns and a large pinch of salt in a medium saucepan; add enough cold water to cover the chicken by 1/2 inch. Bring to a bare simmer over medium heat (do not boil) and cook until a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the chicken registers 160 degrees F, about 7 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a cutting board and let rest 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the dressing: Whisk the vinegar, shallot, mustard and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a serving bowl. Whisk in the olive oil in a slow, steady stream until emulsified; season with pepper. Dice the chicken and toss with 1 tablespoon of the dressing in a separate bowl.
• Halve, pit and dice the avocados. Season the tomatoes with salt. Add the Bibb and romaine lettuce to the serving bowl on top of the dressing. Arrange the bacon, hard-cooked eggs, chicken, avocados, tomatoes and blue cheese in rows on top of the lettuce. When ready to serve, toss the salad and season with salt and pepper.

COBB SALAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Mix French Dressing: In a small bowl whisk water, vinegar, sugar, lemon juice, salt, pepper, Worcestershire, dry mustard, garlic, olive oil, and vegetable oil. Store in the fridge chilled, makes about 1 1/2 cups. Shake or stir well before using.
• Roast Split Chicken Breasts (these have bones and that adds flavor!): Line a large sheet pan with parchment paper for easy cleanup. Place 4 split chicken breasts on the sheet pan, season well with salt and pepper on both sides. Heat oven to 400 degrees, and roast chicken breast 30-35 minutes until cooked to 165 internal temperature. Let chicken rest until cool enough to handle, remove skin and bones (freeze for chicken stock), and cut into large diced pieces. Alternatively, you can poach or roast skinless chicken breasts.
• Make Hardboiled Eggs: And roughly chop. The method I like the best is to "steam boil" eggs. Add water to a large pan with a lid, bring the water to a boil, and set a steamer basket in the water. Carefully add eggs on steamer basket, cover and let steam at high heat for 12 minutes. Remove eggs to ice bath for 15 minutes, roll crack and the peels on a board, they slip RIGHT OFF! I love making eggs this way.
• Make Crumbled Bacon: Cook strips of bacon in a skillet over medium heat until crisp, about 8 minutes. Drain on a paper towel-lined plate. Or buy precooked bacon and cook it in the microwave. Chop bacon on a cutting board into small 1/2" pieces.
• Prep Veggies: Finely mince chives, and chop tomatoes, and remove the watery seeds, they don't have any flavor anyway! Chop iceberg, romaine, endive lettuce, and watercress using a knife on a cutting board. Slice avocado into cubes, hold the avocado half in a towel when cutting.
• Assemble Cobb SaladMix together the chopped iceberg, romaine, endive, and watercress, place into the bottom of a large square or rectangle dish or individual salad bowls. Sprinkle finely diced chives on top of the salad mix.
• Arrange Toppings in long side-by-side strips across the green salad place; diced tomatoes, diced chicken, crumbled bacon, diced avocado, and chopped eggs.
• Sprinkle all over with crumbled Roquefort cheese and more chives.
• Pour dressing all over at serving time.

TOSSED COBB SALAD

Steps:

• Combine all the dressing ingredients in a large jat with a tight fitting lid. Cover and shake together to mix.
• Combine the bleu cheese, bacon, eggs, avocados, tomatoes and green onions in a large salad bowl and mix well.
• Add the dressing and toss to coat.
• Add the salad greens and mix well.
• Serve immediately.
• You may add 4 cups of chopped cooked chicken, or a mixture of chicken and chopped ham and serve as an entree.