Cobb Salad
By: Anonymous
Published: Monday, November 30, 2009 - 10:45pm

Ingredients




1 1/2 cups cubed, cooked chicken
2 eggs, hard cooked, coarsely chopped
6 slices bacon, crisply cooked, crumbled
4 cups torn salad greens
1 lg. tomato, chopped
1/4 cup sliced green onion
1 avocado, peeled, sliced, tossed in lemon juice
1 cup crumbled blue cheese
1/2 - 1 c. Thousand Island dressing

Preparation

1 To serve, arrange all ingredients except dressing in rows on large serving platter or in 13"x9" baking dish or arrange single serving on lettuce lined plates. Spoon dressing over salad.

About


It's no coincidence that this salad seems like a jumble of leftovers: legend has it that Robert Cobb, owner of Hollywood's Brown Derby restaurant, combined whatever ingredients were in his walk-in late one evening after the rest of the staff had gone home. He liked the salad so much that he named it after himself and put it on the menu. (From "Rare Bits: Unusual Origins of Popular Recipes" by Patricia Bunning Stevens)