Buffalo Chicken Cobb Salad

Buffalo Chicken Cobb Salad

(posted by debster:)

This will make 4 salads



Mixed salad greens including spinach, about a pound

4 Roma tomatoes, seeded and chopped

6 green onions, chopped

4 boiled eggs, chopped

1 can black olives, sliced- I buy the regular size can and slice them myself

4 oz. blue cheese, crumbled, divided

1/2 c. roasted corn kernals, I roast ears of corn in foil on the grill.

8 slices thick-cut bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled*

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts

Newman's Own Italian salad dressing, or whatever kind you like



Buffalo Sauce

The ketchup doesn't really add to the flavor, but it causes the sauce to cling to the chicken a little better.

4 T. butter, melted

3/4 c. Louisiana hot sauce, not Tabasco

2 T. ketchup



Blue Ranch Dressing

This is best made several hours, if not a day, ahead so the flavors have a chance to blend.

1 1/2 cup real mayo

1 cup sour cream

1 T. dried chives

1 T. dried parsley

2 T. minced yellow onion, Vidalias are fantastic in this

2 t. onion powder

1 t. garlic powder

1/4 t. paprika

1 t. Worcestershire

4- 6 shakes Tabasco

2 oz. crumbled blue cheese

Lawry's Seasoned Salt, to taste

freshly ground black pepper, to taste

buttermilk to thin

Stir everything together using the buttermilk to thin it to the desired consistency. This dressing doesn't thicken much as it chills, so be careful not to add to much of the buttermilk. It can always be thinned further after it's had a chance to chill. Chill several hours.



Cooking and assembly:

Pound the chicken breasts as thin as possible. I go for less than 1" thick. Marinate them 6-8 hours in Italian dressing. I use bottled. It's one of the few times I actually like bottled. lol

Grill chicken breasts until just done. Don't want it to be dry. Place cooked breasts on a plate with a loose tent of foil over it. Set aside.

Mix together Buffalo sauce ingredients. Slice each breast into strips and toss with sauce. Let it sit in the sauce while arranging the salad.

I use a dinner plate to make this salad since it's a meal on it's own. Arrange 1/4 of the greens on each plate.

There are seven "toppings". Use 1/4 of each to make a strip of each across the greens on the plates.

Top each with 1/4 of the chicken.

Pass the dressing. Smile