Healthy Chicken Cobb Salad Food

GRILLED CHICKEN COBB SALAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat a grill pan over medium-high heat.
• In a shallow dish place chicken tenders and season with salt and pepper to your taste
• Drizzle with 1 Tbsp olive oil and mix well to coat.
• Grill for about 3-4 minutes on each side, or until cooked through and no longer pink in the inside. Let it rest for a few minutes on a chopping board, then slice it.
• Meanwhile, in a small bowl add all dressing ingredients and whisk to combine.
• To assemble the salad add the lettuce first, then arrange chicken, eggs, tomatoes, cucumber, avocado, and onions in a row.
• Sprinkle with crumbled blue cheese and chives, then drizzle with dressing and enjoy!

GRILLED CHICKEN COBB SALAD

Steps:

• Heat a grill pan or nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Coat chicken breasts with 2 teaspoons oil, poultry seasoning, salt and pepper. Wash hands. Grill or pan-fry chicken 6 to 7 minutes on each side. Remove from heat and let rest 5 minutes.
• In a small pot, cover eggs with cold water. Place over high heat and bring water to a boil. Once it comes to a boil, cover the pot and turn off the heat. Set a timer for 10 minutes. After the 10 minutes, cool eggs under cold running water. Peel and chop.
• Brown chopped bacon in a skillet over medium high heat. Drain bacon on paper towels.
• Chop 3 hearts of romaine lettuce and place in a large serving platter or salad bowl. Dress chopped lettuce with the juice of 1 1/2 lemons. Drizzle remaining 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil over lettuce. Season greens with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Toss diced avocados with juice of remaining 1/2 lemon, to retard browning.
• Halve chicken breasts and chop the meat.
• To serve, arrange rows of chopped chicken, chopped hard boiled egg, crisp bacon bits, diced avocado, diced tomato, chopped red onion and shredded cheese on top of either 4 individual portions of dressed romaine or 1 large serving platter.

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.

CHICKEN COBB SALAD

Steps:

• Bring 8 cups water to a boil in a large saucepan. Gently lower eggs into water and boil 7 minutes for medium-set yolks. Immediately transfer eggs to a medium bowl of ice water and chill until cold, about 5 minutes. Peel eggs under running water; set aside.
• Place bacon in a dry medium skillet and set over medium-low heat. Cook, turning occasionally, until brown and crisp, 8-10 minutes. Transfer to paper towels and let drain.
• Add vinegar, mustard, sugar, and 1 Tbsp. water to rendered fat in skillet and whisk until smooth and emulsified. Gradually stream in oil, whisking constantly until a thick dressing forms; season with salt and pepper.
• Arrange frisée on a large platter and season with salt and pepper. Drizzle about half of warm dressing over. Cut eggs in half and arrange over frisée along with shredded chicken, tomato wedges, avocado, and bacon (break up bacon if desired). Season salad with salt and pepper and drizzle remaining dressing over.

COBB CHICKEN SALAD TWO WAYS

Steps:

• Fill a large saucepan with water and bring to the boil. Using a slotted spoon, gently lower the eggs into the water. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Drain the eggs and run under cold water until completely cooled. Peel the eggs and chop them.
• Cook the bacon in a large skillet over medium heat, turning occasionally, until crisp, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove to a paper towel-lined plate to drain, then roughly chop.
• Whisk the mayonnaise, buttermilk, sour cream and Worcestershire sauce in a large bowl. Stir in the blue cheese and chives, reserving some of the chives for garnish, then season with salt and pepper. Add the chicken, tomatoes, scallions, avocado, bacon, hard-boiled eggs and parsley, reserving some bacon, egg and parsley for the salad platter garnish, and toss to coat completely. Taste and add more salt and pepper, if needed. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes and up to overnight.
• To serve as a salad: Lay the chicken salad on a bed of greens. Garnish with some of the egg, bacon, chives and parsley.
• To serve as a sandwich: Lay the chicken salad between slices of sourdough bread.

COBB CHICKEN SALAD SANDWICH

Steps:

• Pat chicken dry and season with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat until the oil is shimmering. Add the chicken and cook for 6 minutes per side or until golden brown and cooked through.
• Remove chicken to a plate and refrigerate until chilled, about 30 minutes then cut into 1/2-inch pieces.
• Mix the mayonnaise, cheese, sour cream and lemon juice in a large bowl. Add the eggs, avocado and chicken; toss gently to combine.
• Split bakery rolls in half and scoop out some of the center bread. Fill hollow with chicken salad. Top with crumbled bacon and a lettuce leaf. Enjoy!
• Make ahead: The salad minus the avocado may be made and refrigerated up to 2 days in advance. Add the avocado just before serving.

BARBECUE CHICKEN COBB SALAD

Steps:

• Place lettuce in large bowl.
• Cut cucumber in half crosswise and remove seeds.
• Slice cucumber and onion.
• Then cut cucumber slices in half.
• Cut avocado in half lengthwise; remove seed and cut flesh away from skin.
• Dice avocado and tomatoes.
• Arrange cucumber, onion, avocado, tomatoes and cheese in diagonal rows, leaving a row open down center.
• Cover; refrigerate salad until ready to serve.
• Prepare grill for direct cooking over medium coals.
• Cut chicken into 1-inch cubes.
• Thread onto four 12-inch skewers and season with salt and black pepper.
• Place kebabs on grid of grill. Grill, covered, 10-12 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink in the center, turning occasionally and brushing with barbecue sauce.
• Discard any remaining barbecue sauce.
• Remove chicken from grill; cool slightly and remove from skewers.
• Arrange chicken down center of salad; sprinkle with bacon, if desired.
• Drizzle dressing over salad; toss gently and serve immediately.