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California Cobb Salad

A hearty chopped salad of grilled chicken, bacon, avocado, egg, tomato, and blue cheese over crisp lettuce.

⏱ 20 minPrep time
🔥 10 minCook time
🍽 4Servings
🏷 California KitchenCategory
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The California Cobb salad is the all-in-one main-course salad — rows of grilled chicken, avocado, bacon, egg, tomato, and blue cheese over crisp greens, finished with a classic red wine vinaigrette. It’s the salad that’s a full meal.

Chef Emily presents California Cobb Salad

The all-in-one main-course salad

Rows of chicken, avocado, bacon, egg, tomato, and blue cheese over greens — the classic California Cobb.

Step by stepInstructions

  1. Whisk the vinegar, oil, mustard, garlic, salt, and pepper into a vinaigrette.
  2. Spread the romaine on a platter.
  3. Arrange the chicken, tomatoes, eggs, bacon, avocado, and blue cheese in rows over the lettuce.
  4. Drizzle with the vinaigrette and serve.

💡 Chef tips & storage

Arrange the toppings in neat rows for the classic look. Serve the dressing on the side so the salad stays crisp.

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Recipe details

Prep20 min
Cook10 min
Servings4
CategoryCalifornia Kitchen
PublishedAugust 16, 2026
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