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Cobb Salad Platter

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Becky Luigart-Stayner
Written By: The Old Farmer’s Almanac Editors The Almanac Editors and Staff
Yield
4 to 5 servings
Category
Salads
Course
Salads
Sources
The Old Farmer's Almanac Comfort Food

Do you love hard-boiled eggs? Enjoy a classic Cobb Salad with chicken, eggs, tomatoes, avocados, corn, and black beans. You can arrange it in rows or toss it all together!

Make this Cobb Salad your own by mixing up the ingredients or varying the amounts of each.

Serve with ranch dressing or a BBQ ranch dressing on the side. Here is a great recipe for Buttermilk Ranch Dressing (which can also be used as a dip!).

This recipe comes courtesy of The Old Farmer’s Almanac Comfort Food Cookbook.

Ingredients
1/2 head iceberg lettuce, coarsely chopped
3 to 4 cups bite-size pieces cooked chicken
4 or 5 hard-boiled eggs, sliced or quartered lengthwise
3 medium tomatoes, cut into 6 or 8 wedges each
1 or 2 ripe avocados, peeled, pitted, and diced
2 cups corn kernels, cooked, drained, and blotted dry
1 can (16 ounces) black beans, drained and rinsed
1 to 2 cups finely diced pepper Jack or Monterey Jack cheese
1/2 cup halved black olives
several slices crisp-cooked bacon, crumbled (optional)

Instructions

  1. On a large platter, arrange lettuce in a single row down the center. Arrange the chicken, eggs, tomatoes, avocados, corn, and black beans in rows on each side. (If using a round platter, pile lettuce in the center and arrange the other ingredients in concentric circles around it.)
  2. Top with the cheese, olives, and bacon, if using. 
  3. Serve the dressing on the side.

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Comments

<span>Anne</span> Fri, 01/03/2025 - 10:13
Cobb Salad looks healthy speaking of Cobbs I put some dry Corn Cobs for the wildlife, Squirrels Blue Jays Cardinals etc. like them~: )
<span>Geri Reski</span> Wed, 04/20/2022 - 10:02
Out here in Arizona, we grill our chicken and we also add crispy bacon! Bacon and grilled meat—-diner’s delight!