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  • - Hey everybody, it's Natasha of Natashaskitchen.com

  • and today I wanna show you how to make

  • your new favorite salad.

  • We're making a chicken Cobb salad,

  • it is loaded with all of the best ingredients

  • and you're gonna love this dressing, so let's get started.

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  • - [Natasha Voiceover] The only cooking we need to do

  • in this recipe is the bacon,

  • so place a medium pan over medium heat

  • and add six ounces of chopped bacon,

  • saute that until it's golden brown and crisp.

  • And I love using the splatter guard to keep my stove

  • and my clothes clean,

  • I'll link to the one I have in the notes.

  • Once your bacon is crispy, transfer that to a separate plate

  • and set it aside to cool.

  • You'll need one medium head of romaine lettuce

  • or about five to six cups chopped.

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  • Once it's all chopped up, I love to put in a salad spinner

  • to wash it, then spin it dry.

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  • (chuckles)

  • Salad spinners are brilliant for green salads,

  • they save so much time

  • and you'll never have another wet salad again.

  • We've had a couple of salad spinners

  • that have broken on us in the past,

  • but this is the best one I've tried,

  • and I will definitely leave a link to it

  • in the recipe notes.

  • Spread your prepared lettuce over a large serving platter,

  • this is gonna form the base of the salad.

  • Now you'll need two large chicken breasts

  • from a rotisserie chicken,

  • and if you saw our most recent video,

  • we shared how to cook a whole chicken in the Instant Pot,

  • and it really is just the juiciest and quickest way

  • to cook a whole chicken.

  • And if you're in a hurry and wanna save even more time,

  • you can use a store-bought rotisserie chicken

  • for this recipe.

  • Slice the chicken breast into bite-size strips,

  • then layer it over your romaine lettuce.

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  • Next, you'll need two large hard-boiled eggs

  • and make sure you check out our tutorial

  • on how to boil eggs perfectly every time, it is so easy.

  • I'll leave a link to that in the notes.

  • Cut your eggs into fourths and layer them onto your platter.

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  • Next, thinly slice one half cup of red onion

  • and I love using red onion because it's mild and flavor

  • and adds beautiful color to the salad.

  • Next, we'll need one cup of cherry tomatoes

  • and cut each of those in half,

  • it's easiest to do this with a serrated knife.

  • You can chop up heirloom tomatoes, when they're in season,

  • but I found that cherry tomatoes taste great all year long.

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  • Next, we're gonna cut my personal favorite ingredient,

  • well, next to the bacon, of course, (chuckles)

  • one large avocado.

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  • Remove the pit and peel the avocado,

  • then slice into bite-size pieces.

  • When you slice, try to keep them in the rows

  • for a prettier presentation

  • when you transfer them to the salad.

  • Add your rows of avocados to the salad platter.

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  • Next, layer on the rest of the ingredients

  • that you've prepared,

  • and for a Cobb salad you can arrange things in strips

  • or in little bunches like I am here.

  • All right, we have the tomatoes and the purple onions on.

  • Next, layer on your cooked crumbled bacon.

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  • And last but not least, add one half cup

  • of crumbled blue cheese.

  • I'm using a Gorgonzola blue cheese

  • and if you prefer not to use blue cheese,

  • a feta cheese would work here as well.

  • And we're gonna finish this off

  • with a little sprinkle of fresh parsley.

  • - Oh, that is just the prettiest salad

  • and it's totally making my mouth water.

  • But before we can enjoy that,

  • we're gonna make the most amazing balsamic vinaigrette

  • and all you need is a little mason jar.

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  • - [Natasha Voiceover] Add one third cup olive oil.

  • - And I'm using extra virgin,

  • because that gives this extra flavor, get it?

  • Extra, extra, okay (giggles).

  • Balsamic vinegar, three tablespoons of that,

  • and then we have our Dijon mustard.

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  • Just one tablespoon goes a long way.

  • Press in one fresh garlic clove

  • and this adds fantastic flavor, so do not skip it.

  • (grunts)

  • This is my favorite garlic press right here,

  • I'll link to it in the notes.

  • Every bit of garlic, love garlic.

  • And salt and pepper, just a quarter of teaspoon of salt

  • and a pinch of black pepper.

  • Put the lid on and shake, shake, shake,

  • until it's creamy smooth

  • (dressing burbles)

  • That looks perfect.

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  • Beautiful, you just want to shake it enough,

  • so that the mustard incorporates really well

  • into the dressing, yum-yum.

  • Okay, and then just drizzle it over the salad

  • right before serving.

  • That's exactly what we're gonna do.

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  • Yum, and add the dressing to taste,

  • you don't have to use all of it.

  • All right, and I am ridiculously excited

  • for this taste test (chuckles).

  • Can you see why?

  • So, that's exactly what we're gonna do right now.

  • Here we go, a little bit of everything.

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  • And of course, a lot of avocado (giggles).

  • And I personally like a lot of dressing on my salad,

  • so I'm gonna add just a little drizzle more.

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  • Okay, here I go, get a little bit of everything,

  • which is hard 'cause there's a lot of stuff in here.

  • Okay, that looks reasonable (giggles), it's a big bite.

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  • And a little bit of everything else.

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  • I'm telling you, this dressing, it's amazing,

  • make it once and you will not want store-bought again.

  • This just pulls the whole salad together,

  • you've got protein from the eggs

  • and the chicken and the bacon,

  • is bacon a protein?

  • I think so (laughs).

  • And the cheese, of course, there's cheese,

  • and then you've got the fresh elements:

  • juicy tomatoes and then the purple onion

  • which I really like in here, it adds a lot of freshness.

  • And the cheese, if you're not a big fan of blue cheese,

  • you can totally use feta here

  • and it'll still taste really good.

  • This is perfect for meal planning,

  • this keeps really well in the refrigerator,

  • and then you can just add the dressing as you go.

  • This is so satisfying.

  • It is a meal in itself, so beautiful for parties,

  • and I hope it becomes a new favorite for you.

  • If you guys love this, you have to try

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