EASY Cobb Salad Recipe - I Heart Naptime (2024)

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A delicious cobb salad that’s fresh, flavorful, and full of your favorite toppings! Makes the perfect lunch or dinner any day of the week. This recipe is a staple at our house.

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  • Best Cobb Salad
  • Easy Cobb Salad Ingredients
  • How to Make the Perfect Cobb Salad
  • 5 star review
  • Recipe FAQs
  • Favorite Ranch Dressing
  • Storing the Best Cobb Salad
  • More Delicious Salad Recipes
  • Cobb Salad Recipe Printable Recipe

Best Cobb Salad

I love to make easy salad recipes during the week for lunch or dinner. This cobb salad is at the top of my list, as well as my Mediterranean salad, mandarin orange salad, and BBQ chicken salad. All are so delicious!

I love a good classic Cobb salad! It’s one of my favorite lunches and I make one at least once a week! Whenever I have leftoverchicken in the fridge, I typically will make this recipe or chicken Caesar wraps. It is so good and easy!

Since the weather is warmer I added some grilled corn into mine, but you definitely could leave that out if you prefer. I love the added crunch it gives though. You could also add croutons for a small crunch like I do in my Caesar salad recipe. The more fix in’s in a salad like this or my favorite 7-layer salad recipe, the better in my opinion!

Easy Cobb Salad Ingredients

Make this quick and easy cobb salad in minutes with simple ingredients that are fresh and delicious! It is the best combination of salad with protein, crunchy vegetables, soft cheeses, and flavorful tomatoes. Toss together to create the perfect lunch or dinner!

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Find the fullprintable recipewith specific measurements below.

  • Mixed greens: Any mixed greens will work, like romaine, spinach, or a spring mix. Iceberg lettuce will work too! Clean your mixed greens in cold water, pat dry with paper towels, and chop them up if needed.
  • Chicken:Shredded chicken, grilled chicken, rotisserie or baked chicken are all delicious.
  • Bacon: I love the addition of bacon. You can substitute turkey bacon for a lighter option if desired.
  • Tomatoes: I used sliced cherry tomatoes, but any kind would work. Grape tomatoes work great too!
  • Corn: Corn adds a great crunch. I like to grill my corn for added flavor, but you can also microwave it as well.
  • Avocados: My favorite way to cut an avocado is into slices. You can also dice it as well.
  • Egg: Not only are hard-boiled eggs yummy, but I also like the addition of the added protein. Boil your eggs ahead of time, peel, and slice them into thin sections.
  • Additional add-ins: You can also add in watercress, a chopped red onion, baby corn, or bell peppers for more of a crunch.
  • Garnishes: Cheddar, feta, blue or roquefort cheese, croutons.

How to Make the Perfect Cobb Salad

Make this salad super simple in a pretty bowl or create a fancy side or use it as a main dish salads for dinner with a beautiful platter. Either way, this cobb salad will win all your friends and family over! Add your favorite Cobb salad dressing combination and you have an easy meal in no time.

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  1. Prepare. Place the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat to medium-high heat. Season the chicken with Italian seasoning, salt and pepper.
  2. Cook chicken. Place the chicken into the saucepan. Cook for 5-6 minutes per side, or until cooked through the center.
  3. Slice. Once cooked, remove from the heat and slice into thin strips once slightly cooled.
  4. Asseble. Layer the lettuce in one large bowl, or 4 individual bowls. Top with chicken, tomatoes, avocado, eggs, bacon, corn, and onion.Drizzle the dressing over the top of the salad and toss until combined. S&P, to taste.

5 star review

“This salad is perfect. So easy and the addition of avocado is just what I need!”

-Allie

Recipe FAQs

What makes a cobb salad?

A cobb salad is an American garden salad that is made with chopped greens, tomatoes, bacon, chicken or turkey, hard-boiled eggs, avocado, and chives, and garnished with blue cheese.

What is the history of the cobb salad?

The cobb salad was born or created in the wee hours of a Hollywood, California morning. Back in 1937 at the Brown Derby restaurant, the owner Bob or Robert Cobb started pulling ingredients from his fridge and making a variation of cobb salad that early morning.

How do you assemble cobb salad?

Start with 1 large bowl or 4 individual-sized bowls. Place the chopped lettuce in the bottom of the bowl, then add sliced chicken, tomatoes, avocado, hard-boiled eggs, bacon, and onion. Drizzle your preferred dressing on top (ranch or blue cheese dressing are my favorites). Then toss the salad to combine.

What types of dressing go on cobb salad?

We love to use classic ranch dressing or bleu cheese, but you could use even a Caesar salad dressing if that is what you like!

Use a lighter dressing like vinaigrette, red wine vinegar, or try a savory dressing like thousand islands. All of these dressings bring out all the flavors from the ingredients.

Favorite Ranch Dressing

I love making a homemade buttermilk ranch dressing for this salad, but you’re welcome to use your favorite store-bought as well. Whisk together all the ingredients in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper and refrigerate 30 minutes before serving.

  • 1 cup mayo
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 2 Tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
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Storing the Best Cobb Salad

In separate containers place each of the ingredients in a tight-fitting lid stored in the refrigerator. You can even layer the cobb salad in a jar from the lettuce with each layer until filled to the top. Make this ahead of time and enjoy it all week!

More easy salad recipes I love to make for light meals include this tuna salad, chicken salad, or buffalo chicken salad!

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Cobb Salad Recipe

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Author: Jamielyn Nye

A delicious cobb salad that's fresh, flavorful and full of your favorite toppings! Makes the perfect lunch or dinner any day of the week. This recipe is a staple at our house.

Prep Time: 10 minutes mins

Cook Time: 10 minutes mins

Total Time: 20 minutes mins

Servings: 4

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Ingredients

  • 2 large boneless skinless chicken breasts (cut in half horizontally)
  • 2 Tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
  • 8 cups romaine lettuce (spinach or spring mix)
  • 1 cup corn
  • 2 tomatoes (sliced or diced)
  • 1 avocado (sliced or diced)
  • 2 hard boiled eggs (sliced or diced)
  • 4 strips of bacon (cooked and crumbled)
  • ¼ cup green onion (sliced thin)

For serving: Ranch dressing (or your favorite dressing)

    Instructions

    • Place the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Season the chicken with the Italian seasoning, salt and pepper.

    • Place the chicken into the pan. Cook for 5-6 minutes per side, or until cooked through the center.

    • Once cooked, remove from the heat and slice into thin strips once slightly cooled.

    • Layer the lettuce in one large bowl, or 4 individual bowls. Top with chicken, tomatoes, avocado, eggs, bacon, corn and onion.Drizzle the dressing over the top of the salad and toss until combined. S&P, to taste.

    Notes

    For homemade ranch dressing: Whisk together 1 cup mayo, 1/2 cup buttermilk, 2 Tablespoons chopped fresh parsley, 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder, 1/4 teaspoon onion powder and 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper and refrigerate 30 minutes before serving.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 314kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 129mg | Sodium: 112mg | Potassium: 975mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 9100IU | Vitamin C: 21.2mg | Calcium: 79mg | Iron: 2.5mg

    Nutrition provided is an estimate. It will vary based on specific ingredients used.

    Course: Salad

    Cuisine: American

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    Categorized as: 30 Minute Meals, American, Chicken, Chicken, Dairy-Free, Dinner, Gluten-Free, Salads

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    15 comments

      • Liv
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      Super easy to make and so delicious! Everyone in my family loved this cobb salad, thanks for the recipe!

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      • Kristen
      • EASY Cobb Salad Recipe - I Heart Naptime (17)

      This is one of my favorite salads since it is so easy to make and tastes so good.

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      • April
      • EASY Cobb Salad Recipe - I Heart Naptime (18)

      We’ve been pretty obsessed with cobb salad lately! We always make a huge bowl of it so we can have servings of it for lunch throughout the week, it’s great!

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      • Dana
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      Such a great salad to make for summer dinners or lunches! I love a one-dish, minimal cooking kind of meal this time of year.

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      • Olivia
      • EASY Cobb Salad Recipe - I Heart Naptime (20)

      This has become one of my favorite salads to make! I love the combination of flavors, and it’s so easy to whip up!

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      • Sarah
      • EASY Cobb Salad Recipe - I Heart Naptime (21)

      I was craving a good cobb and this was perfect!

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      • Anna
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      One of my favorite salads to make for lunch! So tasty!

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      • Alli
      • EASY Cobb Salad Recipe - I Heart Naptime (23)

      This salad is perfect. So easy and the addition of avocado is just what I need!

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      • Amy
      • EASY Cobb Salad Recipe - I Heart Naptime (24)

      What a great salad for lunch! Love everything in there!

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      • Natalie
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      What a delicious, healthy salad! Love easy & colorful salads.

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      • Kristyn Merkley
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      This looks AMAZING! I can’t wait to try it!

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      • Paige
      • EASY Cobb Salad Recipe - I Heart Naptime (27)

      What a beautiful, delicious-looking salad! Like something I’d get in a restaurant :) ..thanks for breaking down the steps on this one too

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      • Amanda
      • EASY Cobb Salad Recipe - I Heart Naptime (28)

      Love all those ingredients look amazing !!

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      • Dee
      • EASY Cobb Salad Recipe - I Heart Naptime (29)

      This looks so tasty! I love all the colors!

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      • Carrian
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      Cobb salads are always a winner!

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    FAQs

    EASY Cobb Salad Recipe - I Heart Naptime? ›

    Start with 1 large bowl or 4 individual-sized bowls. Place the chopped lettuce in the bottom of the bowl, then add sliced chicken, tomatoes, avocado, hard-boiled eggs, bacon, and onion. Drizzle your preferred dressing on top (ranch or blue cheese dressing are my favorites). Then toss the salad to combine.

    What is in a Jennifer Aniston Cobb salad? ›

    The true salad that she ate on set consisted of shredded lettuce, chicken, egg whites, chickpeas, bacon, and a basic vinaigrette, she explained. Occasionally, Aniston would add pecorino cheese from a nearby Italian restaurant to top off the Cobb-style salad.

    What is the traditional dressing for Cobb salad? ›

    Red wine vinaigrette is the traditional Cobb salad dressing; but you could also use any other light vinaigrette or opt for a creamier alternative like ranch or Blue cheese.

    What is a Cobb salad made of? ›

    Top the greens with 1 medium cucumber, 4 ounces of cherry tomatoes, 1 shallot, 3 ounces crumbled blue cheese, 8 ounces of cooked chicken breast, 6 slices cooked bacon, 2 large hard-cooked eggs, and 1 diced avocado.

    What is the difference between a chef salad and a Cobb salad? ›

    A cobb salad is typically made with chopped green, tomatoes, bacon, chicken, hard-boiled eggs, avocado, blue cheese and a vinaigrette dressing. A chef salad is a more generic salad made with more generic salad ingredients such as cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, then meats such as ham, bacon and cheddar cheese.

    What salad did Jennifer Aniston eat every day? ›

    The Truth About the Jennifer Aniston Salad

    This matches up with what Courtney Cox shared in a 2010 interview, declaring that she, Lisa Kudrow, and Aniston ate lunch together every day while filming Friends and always ate the same thing: a “doctored-up” Cobb salad with chickpeas and turkey bacon.

    What is the number 1 salad dressing? ›

    Ranch Dressing

    The ranch is hands down America's most beloved salad dressings. It is made from a number of ingredients such as buttermilk, mayonnaise, mustard, garlic, onion, chives, salt, and pepper. A creamier and richer version often features sour cream or yogurt for enhanced taste.

    What does Chick Fil A put in their Cobb salad? ›

    Chick-fil-A® Nuggets, freshly breaded and pressure-cooked, sliced and served on a fresh bed of mixed greens, topped with roasted corn kernels, a blend of shredded Monterey Jack and Cheddar cheeses, crumbled bacon, sliced hard-boiled egg and grape tomatoes. Prepared fresh daily.

    What is an Aussie Cobb salad? ›

    Fresh mixed greens, chopped hard-boiled eggs, tomatoes, bacon, Monterey Jack and Cheddar cheese and croutons. Served with your choice of dressing.

    What is in Wendy's Cobb salad? ›

    Grilled Chicken Cobb Salad: Go for a classic with our new Grilled Chicken Cobb Salad, featuring our signature lettuce blend, warm grilled chicken, tomatoes, shredded cheddar, eggs, applewood smoked bacon, crispy fried onions, and ranch dressing.

    What does cob mean in Cobb salad? ›

    It is named after the restaurant's owner, Robert Howard Cobb. Stories vary whether the salad was invented by Cobb or by his chef, Paul J. Posti.

    Is a Cobb salad good for you? ›

    A traditional cobb salad includes a variety of nutrient-rich foods, but it has some super high fat ingredients, too. The fat from the bacon, bleu cheese, avocado and salad dressing drive up the calorie count very quickly. Before you know it, you've eaten over half of your calorie needs for the day, in one meal.

    Why is Cobb salad good for you? ›

    Those with fried chicken, extra cheese and bacon can have a lot of unhealthy trans fats and saturated fat. However, all Cobb salads are high in fiber, protein and Vitamin A. (This one has 129% of your DV for Vitamin A!) Using more vegetables and less bacon and cheese helps to keep them on the healthy side.

    How do you eat Cobb salad? ›

    A Cobb salad is hearty and light at the same time. It makes for a really simple lunch time meal, you really don't need much else with it. If you are serving a crowd, pair it with some crusty bread, a soup, or a small cheese platter.

    Is the Jennifer Aniston salad healthy? ›

    However, the Jennifer Aniston Quinoa Salad strikes it perfectly! It is jam packed with both flavor and nutrition. You've got tons of plant-based protein, fiber, complex carbohydrates, and healthy fats all from a recipe you won't be able to stop eating. It's truly a diamond in the rough!

    Can you lose weight with Jennifer Aniston salad? ›

    Aniston's salad is low in calories, high in vitamins and nutrients, filling, and great for weight loss goals, according to Feder. "This salad recipe is very calorie friendly and is a complete meal," he says. "It contains healthy amounts of fats, and protein, and is low in carbohydrates.

    What was the salad Jennifer Aniston ate on Friends? ›

    The salad Jen ate on the set of Friends was a Cobb Salad, while this salad is a riff on a tabbouleh. She shared it years ago on Instagram with the caption “My perfect salad”, and was nice enough to also list the ingredients that were inside her bowl. Celebrities — they're just like us!

    Did Jennifer Aniston eat Cobb salad? ›

    Jennifer Aniston's Salad refers to the one she ate while at the set of FRIENDS. She says that it's a cobb salad made at the commissary that they “basically butchered.” She added more ingredients to make it tastier, basically. It's actually a salad with lots of ingredients and the flavour is incredible.

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