Name: Cobb salad
Yield: 4
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1 head romaine lettuce, chopped; 2 cooked chicken breasts, diced; 6 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled; 2 avocados, diced; 2 tomatoes, diced; 3 hard-boiled eggs, chopped; 1/2 cup blue cheese crumbles; 2 green onions, sliced; 1/4 cup red or white vinegar; 1/2 cup olive oil; 1 tsp Dijon mustard

Where it comes from

The Cobb salad was created in Hollywood, California, in the 1930s at a restaurant that gave it its name. It became a signature of American lunch menus.

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Recipe

Make Cobb salad at home

Serves 4Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

1 head romaine lettuce, chopped
2 cooked chicken breasts, diced
6 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
2 avocados, diced
2 tomatoes, diced
3 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
1/2 cup blue cheese crumbles
2 green onions, sliced
1/4 cup red or white vinegar
1/2 cup olive oil
1 tsp Dijon mustard

How it's made

Whisk the vinegar, olive oil, mustard, salt and pepper into a dressing.
Spread the chopped romaine across a large platter.
Arrange the chicken, bacon, avocado, tomato, eggs and blue cheese in neat rows on top.
Scatter with green onion.
Drizzle with dressing at the table and toss gently.