Summer is strawberry season, and with so many strawberries, we’re putting them in everything! And our Strawberry Cobby Salad is filled with fresh strawberries, bacon, and other fresh veggies.
If you love a good Cobb Salad, this is a great salad that eats like a meal.
Strawberries are the perfect ingredient to add a little razzle dazzle to summer recipes!
Like our Strawberry Mint Julep or our family favorite Lemon Thyme Strawberry Shortcake.
Strawberry Cobb Salad
Unlike many salads, a Cobb Salad is not a light salad; it’s packed with three proteins, four if you count the avocado.
And adding fresh summer strawberries is an excellent way to create a visually appealing salad.
Strawberries always remind me of summer, and I am sure I am not the only one.
Like so many, back in the day, I also experienced my fair share of family outings to strawberry fields and lots of berry-stained fingers!
And one of my all-time favorite summertime recipes is my mom’s famous Strawberry Shortcake.
Strawberry Shortcake is one of those summer treats I could never get enough of, and even to this day, it’s still true.
What You Will Need To Make Our Strawberry Cobb Salad
Strawberries. This salad is all about lots of fresh juicy strawberries. I recommend using medium-size Earliglow strawberries. Aroma, Diamante, Earliglow, and Rosa Linda are other great strawberry varieties.
Lettuce. I used Red Lettuce for this recipe, but other crunchy varieties like romaine, Bibb, Iceberg, and Endive will work.
Tomatoes. Avocados. Cucumbers. When it comes to cucumbers in my salads, I am partial to English cucumbers. First, they are less bitter, and second, the seeds are not as big as regular garden cucumbers. And, of course, you can’t have a good Cobb salad without avocado. I slice the avocado into nice chunks, making it easy to pick with a fork. I like Haas avocado, but any ripe and firm avocado will do.
Hard-Boiled Eggs. Thick-Cut Bacon. Chicken Breasts. This trio of proteins is why Cobb salads are so popular and filling. I love soft-boiled eggs, but do you. And when it comes to the bacon, my preference is always thick-cut bacon. As for the chicken, I prefer using the chicken breast from a rotisserie chicken.
How to Make a Strawberry Cobb Salad
4 Servings
Ingredients
- 1 large head of red lettuce chopped
- 6 strawberries
- 4 medium vine tomatoes
- 4 strips of crispy thick-cut bacon
- 1 cup of roughly peeled cucumber cut into chunks
- 1 cup of chopped chicken
- 4 hard-boiled eggs
- 2 avocados
- blue cheese or ranch salad dressing
Directions:
- Shred the red lettuce or lettuce variety of your choice, and place it into a bowl. Set it inside the fridge to chill.
- Remove the stem for the strawberries and slice each berry into smaller pieces.
- Roughly peel a small cucumber into one cup of small chunks.
- Debone a rotisserie chicken and cut the breast into chunks.
- Quarter four vine tomatoes, and set them aside.
- Fry up the thick-cut bacon until crispy and place it on a paper towel after cooking to absorb excess grease; then chop the bacon using a sharp chef’s knife. (You can also cook the bacon in the oven.) Set aside.
- Boil the eggs, peel, and chop. Set aside.
- Peel avocados and slice them into chunks.
- Remove the lettuce from the fridge and begin building the Cobb salad in layers into a clear glass.
- Begin with a tablespoon or two of salad dressing, then add shredded lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, avocadoes, bacon, hard-boiled eggs, and chicken; top with a mixture of strawberries, lettuce, bacon, and salad dressing.
- Serve.
I highly recommend deboning and using the chicken breast from a rotisserie chicken; doing so means you don’t have to cook the chicken, saving you so much time.
Using a rotisserie chicken is an incredible hack when dinner needs to get on the table fast!
Red lettuce works excellent in our Strawberry Cobb Salad. However, use your favorite lettuce varieties like Bibb, Romaine, or Butter.
I also love mixing arugula, kale, or baby spinach into this super easy recipe.
What’s in a Cobb Salad?
A cobb salad includes proteins: eggs, chicken, and bacon. Fresh veggies include lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, and other green veggies like chives or even diced zuchinni.
You can also swap out the chicken for turkey or duck breast.
Can I make this Strawberry Cobb Salad a day ahead?
I recommend prepping all ingredients at least 24 hours before but storing each component in separate containers.
How long will the Strawberry Cobb Salad keep in the fridge?
Our Strawberry Cobb Salad will keep in the fridge for one to five (1-5) days depending on the freshness of the ingredients when the salad is made.
I do not like red lettuce; what other greens can I use instead of lettuce?
You can use Bibb, Romaine, Iceberg, or Butter lettuces.
I also love mixing baby spinach, kale, arugula, bok choy, or pak choi.
I am allergic to strawberries. Can I use another berry?
Of course, summer berries like blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries are also tasty choices. Or use stone fruit like peaches, plums, or apricots.
A ripe sweet mango is a great option too! FYI.
Can I make a Strawberry Cobb without using meat and eggs?
Of course, sliced chunks of marinated tofu are a great meat replacement option, and vegan cheese cubes.
Replace pork bacon with a vegetarian variety.
How many calories in a Cobb Salad?
This cobb salad recipe has about 462 calories in it.
Depending on the type of dressing on your cobb salad, you will need to adjust accordingly to the calories in your dressing.
Dressing on Cobb Salad?
As far as a salad dressing for a Cobb salad go, use what you like.
I love a good blue cheese or ranch dressing. A red-wine vinaigrette is good too!
Now that you have the recipe, all you need to do is go shopping and grab all of the ingredients.
And as always, if you have additional questions or comments, drop us a comment in the comment section below.
Find more healthish recipes to try this summer:
Grilled Shrimp Salad with Tomatoes
Bacon Lettuce & Triple Tomato Salad
Ingredients
- 1 large head of red lettuce chopped
- 6 strawberries
- 4 medium vine tomatoes
- 4 strips of crispy thick-cut bacon
- 1 cup of roughly peeled cucumber cut into chunks
- 1 cup of chopped chicken
- 4 hard-boiled eggs
- 2 avocados
- blue cheese or ranch salad dressing
Instructions
- Shred the red lettuce or lettuce variety of your choice, and place it into a bowl. Set it inside the fridge to chill.
Remove the stem for the strawberries and slice each berry into smaller pieces.
Roughly peel a small cucumber into one cup of small chunks.
Debone a rotisserie chicken and cut the breast into chunks.
Quarter four vine tomatoes, and set them aside.
Fry up the thick-cut bacon until crispy and place it on a paper towel after cooking to absorb excess grease; then chop the bacon using a sharp chef's knife. Set aside. (You can also cook the bacon in the oven.)
Boil the eggs, peel, and chop. Set aside.
Peel avocados and slice them into chunks.
Remove the lettuce from the fridge and begin building the Cobb salad in layers into a clear glass.
Begin with a tablespoon or two of salad dressing, then add shredded lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, avocadoes, bacon, hard-boiled eggs, and chicken; top with a mixture of strawberries, lettuce, bacon, and salad dressing.
Serve.
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