Cobb Salad

What Goes With It

• A dry rosé or a Chardonnay
• Serve with crusty bread
• Follow with fresh berries

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How to Cook Cobb Salad

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1. Lower the eggs into boiling water and cook for 9 minutes for a firm but not chalky yolk. Cool in iced water, peel and chop.

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2. Cook the bacon in a dry pan over medium heat until crisp, 8 to 10 minutes, then drain and chop.

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3. Whisk or shake the vinaigrette ingredients together until emulsified.

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4. Toss the chopped romaine and watercress with 3 tablespoons of the vinaigrette and spread across a large, wide platter.

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5. Arrange the chicken, bacon, egg, avocado, tomato and blue cheese in neat parallel rows across the leaves.

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6. Scatter the spring onions over the top and grind on plenty of black pepper.

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7. Bring the remaining vinaigrette to the table and let everyone dress and toss their own portion.

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Worth Knowing Before You Cook

Dice everything to roughly the same size — about 1 cm — so a single forkful carries all of it.

Toss the avocado in a little of the vinaigrette immediately to stop it browning.

Poached chicken is more tender than grilled here, and it soaks up the dressing better.

Changing the Recipe

• Out of spring onions? A small regular onion, finely sliced, or a few chives stirred in at the end both cover the job.
• An eighth of a teaspoon of garlic powder per clove is the stand-in usually given when you are out of fresh garlic; it will not brown the same way, and it burns easily, so add it with the liquid.

Storing and Reheating

Components keep separately for 2 days. Assemble and dress at the last minute; a dressed Cobb wilts within 30 minutes.

What's in a Serving

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