Grilled Chicken Cobb Salad

There are several reasons to love this salad.  Don’t you just love a salad that can be made ahead of time and then assembled in minutes for a complete, healthy meal anytime?  How about an awesome dressing?  And I love a salad that’s so versatile that you can easily swap out the ingredients to your preferences.

I have enjoyed making this salad with fresh summer produce, and I prefer local if available.

What you will need for this salad:  grilled chicken breast, cherry tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, red pepper, bacon, and hard boiled eggs.   Once prepared and all assembled,  I just add a tablespoon or two of dressing.

To grill the chicken, I usually just sprinkle both sides of a boneless, skinless chicken breast with salt and pepper.  Next, heat up the cast iron skillet and cook for about 5-6 minutes on each side until the internal temperature reaches 170 degrees.  The other option is to use an outdoor grill and if time allows, I may do that.

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Grilled Chicken Cobb Salad

Prep Time

10 mins

Total Time

10 mins

 

A delicious, healthy grilled chicken cobb salad using fresh ingredients.

Course: Cobb Salad

Servings: 1

Ingredients

• Per salad;
• cups One to two lettuce to fill salad bowl.
• One half grilled chicken breast, sliced (1/2 of whole chicken breast)
• Variety of vegetables:
• cup I have used 1/2 of each: cherry tomatoes zucchini, cucumber,
• One hard boiled egg sliced
• slice One of bacon chopped
• Dressing:
• 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar I used white balsamic vinegar
• 2 teaspoons dijon mustard
• 2 teaspoons maple syrup
• 1/4 teaspoon dried chives
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

Instructions

1. Place lettuce in salad bowl. Arrange grilled chicken, vegetables, bacon, hard boiled egg in rows on top of lettuce.
2. To prepare dressing:
3. Place vinegar, mustard, maple syrup, chives. 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a glass jar, put on lid and shake until ingredients are well combined. Add olive oil and shake again.
4. Notes: One half grilled chicken breast - grill one boneless, skinless chicken breast and use half for this recipe and save the other half for another recipe (or make two salads!).

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