Grilled California Cobb Salad with Avocado Ranch
Ingredients:
Salad:
Mixed Salad Greens: Green Leaf, Romaine, Watercress, Mache, Arugula, and or Frizze
4 Chicken Breasts *Cutlets can be substituted, grilled and diced
1 Tomato, diced
1/2 pound of thick-cut Bacon, cooked, cooled, and cut into pieces
1 Cucumber peeled and diced
2 ears of Fresh Corn, corn cut off cob
1 fresh bunch of Green Onions/Scallions, chopped in thin circles
*Crumbled Blue Cheese, Roquefort, Gorgonzola, or Goat Cheese optional
Dressing:
1/2 cup plus Mayonnaise
1/2 cup Sour Cream
1/2 cup Buttermilk
1 &1/2 teaspoon fresh Chives
1 &1/2 teaspoon fresh Parsley
1 &1/2 teaspoon fresh Dill
1/2 teaspoon of Garlic Powder
1/4 teaspoon Onion Powder
Course Salt and Fresh Cracked Black Pepper to taste
1 Small Avocado
Directions:
1.) Make the Dressing. Remove skin and pit from avocado, and smash until creamy and smooth in a bowl. Add the remaining ingredients for the dressing to the bowl and whisk until all incorporated and smooth, allow to sit covered in the fridge for 30 minutes.
2.) Season the Chicken with Salt and Pepper. Grill and Cook the Chicken throughly until it has reached an internal temp of 165 degrees.
Remove Chicken from the grill and allow to cool.
3.) line a large platter with the mixed greens you have selected
4.) Line the top of the greens with the raw prepped ingredients in strips.
5.) Once cooled dice the chicken, add it to the platter and drizzle with the Avocado Ranch Dressing.
Tips for Grilling Chicken: Heat your grill to 450 degrees. Lightly absorb some olive oil on a paper towel and wipe the clean grill grate to coat the grate with oil. This will reduce the possibility the fire will flare up, yet still lubricate your grill so the chicken doesn’t stick. Begin with the “Pretty Side” of the chicken breast down. Allow the cooking process to sear the chicken breast leaving a beautiful uniform grill mark and trapping in the natural juices and flavor. Salt and Seasoning applied to the underside of the Chicken Breast will flavor the meat throughout.
Make it Simple, Make it from “Scratch”!


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