Cobb Salad with Green Goddess Dressing

Cobb salad with green goddess dressing

4
Points®
Total Time
19 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
4 min
Serves
4
Difficulty
Easy
Like so many of our classic salads, this one comes from 1920s California. To seed the tomatoes, just cut them in half horizontally, then squeeze out and discard the seeds. We prefer Hass avocados for this recipe, and not just because of their Californian origins but because they have a buttery taste and velvety texture which compliments the crisp components of the salad. Bob Cobb, of the famed Brown Derby restaurant in Hollywood, is said to have created the salad out of leftovers in the refrigerator. The dressing, named to honor the actor George Arliss and a play he starred in, The Green Goddess, hails from San Francisco’s Palace Hotel.

Ingredients

Uncooked turkey bacon

4 slice(s)

Iceberg lettuce

3 cup(s), chopped, chopped

Arugula

1 cup(s), chopped

Cooked skinless boneless chicken breast

8 oz, chopped

Egg

3 large egg(s), hard-cooked, chopped

Avocado

8 oz, Hass, peeled and chopped

Plum tomato

4 medium, seeded and chopped

Plain fat free yogurt

½ cup(s)

Fat free mayonnaise

¼ cup(s)

Fresh parsley

½ cup(s), chopped

Chives

¼ cup(s), chopped

Scallions

1 medium

White wine vinegar

1 tsp

Table salt

¼ tsp

Black pepper

tsp, freshly ground

Instructions

  1. Heat a medium nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the bacon and cook until crisp. Drain the bacon on paper towels until it's cool enough to handle, and then coarsely chop it.
  2. Arrange the lettuce and arugula on a platter. Top with the chicken, egg, avocado, tomatoes, and bacon.
  3. To prepare the dressing, place the yogurt, mayonnaise, parsley, chives, scallion, vinegar, salt, and pepper in a blender; pulse until smooth.
  4. Lightly drizzle half of the dressing over the salad and serve at once, passing the remaining dressing separately.
  5. Per serving: 1 1⁄2 cups salad with 1⁄4 cup dressing.