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Cobb Salad

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Background

The Cobb salad is associated with Hollywood’s Brown Derby restaurant in the 1930s. Rows of chicken, bacon, egg, avocado, tomato, and blue cheese make it a substantial American main-dish salad.

Ingredients

  • 2 romaine hearts, chopped
  • 350 g cooked chicken, diced
  • 6 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
  • 4 hard-boiled eggs, quartered
  • 2 avocados and 2 tomatoes, diced
  • 100 g blue cheese, crumbled
  • 60 ml red wine vinaigrette

How to cook

  1. Spread lettuce on a platter.
  2. Arrange chicken, bacon, eggs, avocado, tomatoes, and cheese in rows.
  3. Dress just before serving, or pass vinaigrette at the table.

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