Paleo Cobb salad with dairy-free ranch
All the rows that make a Cobb what it is: seared chicken, crisp bacon, boiled eggs, avocado and sweet cherry tomatoes over cold romaine and spinach, with a creamy herb ranch made without dairy. A big, proper dinner salad.
- Time
- 40 min (18 prep + 22 cook)
- Servings
- 4
- Per serving
- 527 kcal
- Protein
- 40 g
Ingredients
- 4 large eggs
- 6 slices (about 1 1/2 oz cooked) bacon, weigh after cooking
- 1 lb boneless skinless breasts chicken breast, halved into thin cutlets
- 1 tsp avocado oil
- 1/2 tsp salt, divided
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
Dairy-free ranch
- 1/3 cup avocado-oil mayonnaise, or olive-oil mayo; no seed oils or added sugar
- 3 tbsp light coconut milk, or water
- 1 1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp fresh dill, chopped
- 1 tbsp fresh chives, snipped
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- 2 hearts romaine lettuce, chopped
- 3 cups baby spinach
- 1 1/2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1/2 large cucumber, diced
- 1 very large avocado, diced
- 1/4 small red onion, thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp fresh chives, snipped
Steps
- Lower the eggs into boiling water and boil for 10 minutes. Cool in cold water, peel and quarter.
- Meanwhile, fry the bacon in a large skillet over medium heat for 6–8 minutes, until crisp. Drain on paper towels and crumble. Pour the fat out of the pan and wipe it clean.
- Pat the chicken dry and season with the salt and pepper. Heat the oil in the same skillet over medium-high heat and cook the cutlets 3–4 minutes a side, until golden and 165°F inside. Rest for 5 minutes and slice.
- Whisk the mayonnaise, coconut milk, dill, chives, garlic powder, onion powder and a pinch of salt until smooth, then add the vinegar a little at a time, tasting as you go.
- Toss the romaine and spinach and spread them on a platter or four plates. Lay the chicken, eggs, bacon, tomatoes, cucumber and avocado on top in neat rows, scatter over the red onion and chives, and spoon over the ranch. For lunches, keep the dressing, chicken and eggs in separate boxes from the leaves for up to 3 days, and add the avocado on the day.
Good to know
Which mayonnaise should I buy?
One with avocado or olive oil and no soybean, canola or sunflower oil. Many jars labelled "olive oil" are mostly seed oil, so read the back.
What should I look for in bacon?
Most bacon is cured with a little sugar, so look for a packet labelled sugar-free or uncured with no sugar in the ingredients.
Can I make the ranch ahead?
Yes. It keeps about 5 days in a closed jar in the fridge. It thickens as it chills, so stir in a teaspoon of water before serving.
Alternative
Per
- Calories
- 122
- Protein
- (31%)
- 9 g
- Fat
- (61%)
- 8 g
- Carbohydrates
- (8%)
- 3 g
- of which sugar
- 1 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 180 mg
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Computed from the ingredients with our published formula, not yet kitchen-tested. How
As written, 2109 kcal goes into the pot and 1845 g of ingredients comes out as about 1723 g of food: 122 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.