Name: Chicken Cobb Salad with Avocado Ranch Salad Dressing
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 1 pound chicken tenders (or 2 cups cooked or leftover chicken (like Rotisserie or Grilled Chicken)); 2 tablespoons lemon pepper seasoning; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 6 cups lettuce (chopped or shredded); 3 tablespoons fresh herbs (like finely chopped chives, basil, cilantro, oregano or parsley); 1 cup cherry tomatoes (halved); 1 cup blue cheese (crumbled); 5 slices cooked bacon (crumbled); 4 hard boiled eggs (sliced); 1 avocado (chopped); 1 avocado (chopped); 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt; 1/4 cup mayonnaise; 1 1/2 teaspoons vinegar (like white vinegar, or vinegar of choice like chive blossom vinegar if handy); 2 teaspoon lemon juice; 3 tablespoons fresh chives (chopped); 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder; salt and pepper (to tate)

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This Chicken Cobb Salad with Avocado Ranch Dressing is a fresh, hearty dinner salad filled with juicy chicken, crisp bacon, hard-boiled eggs, tomatoes, blue cheese, and creamy avocado. Tossed with an easy homemade avocado ranch dressing, it's a colorful main dish salad that's ready in under 30 minutes.

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When it comes to dinner salads, a Chicken Cobb Salad is one of my favorites. It's satisfying without feeling heavy, beautiful enough to serve guests, and easy enough for a weeknight meal-especially when you use leftover grilled chicken or rotisserie chicken.

And the Avocado Ranch Dressing? It's creamy, tangy, herby, and simple to make with mostly pantry ingredients. You can absolutely use a store-bought dressing when time is short, but this homemade version makes the salad feel extra fresh and special.

What Is Chicken Cobb Salad?

Chicken Cobb Salad is a classic main dish salad made with greens, cooked chicken, bacon, hard-boiled eggs, tomatoes, avocado, and blue cheese. This version adds a creamy avocado ranch dressing for even more fresh flavor and makes an easy, protein-rich dinner salad in about 30 minutes.

A wooden bowl of cobb salad with chicken, greens, tomatoes, avocado, blue cheese, crumbled bacon, and a halved soft-boiled egg, topped with creamy avocado dressing.

Chicken Cobb Salad Ingredients

The exact measurements are in the recipe card below, but here are the simple ingredients you'll need, along with a few helpful notes.

Chicken: Leftover cooked chicken, rotisserie chicken, or grilled chicken all work beautifully. I also love using my grilled chicken recipe when I'm planning ahead.
Greens: Romaine lettuce is classic, but any crisp greens or a mixture of garden greens will work.
Fresh herbs: Chives, basil, parsley, cilantro, or oregano add fresh flavor to the salad and the dressing.
Tomatoes: Cherry tomatoes are quick and easy, but sliced summer tomatoes are delicious too.
Blue Cheese: Crumbled blue cheese is classic in a Cobb salad, but cubed cheddar or feta can also work.
Bacon: Use cooked, crisp bacon. Precooked bacon works in a pinch, but freshly cooked bacon adds wonderful flavor.
Hard-boiled eggs: Make them ahead for quick assembly. Use your favorite method for hard-boiling eggs. I like eggs that are cooked until the yolks are just set.
Avocados: You'll need avocado for both the salad and the creamy avocado ranch dressing.

Easy Chicken Cobb Salad Variations

While the origins of Cobb salad are often debated, the classic ingredients are wonderfully familiar: chicken, tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, bacon, blue cheese, avocado, and crisp greens.

What does vary is how you serve it. Arrange the ingredients in beautiful rows over a bed of lettuce, chop everything for a fork-friendly salad, or serve it family-style in a large bowl. Cherry tomatoes make prep quick and easy, but sliced garden tomatoes are delicious when they're in season.

You can also make this salad your own by swapping the cheese, using grilled or rotisserie chicken, adding extra herbs, or serving the dressing on the side.

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A wooden plate with a cobb salad featuring avocado, cherry tomatoes, greens, blue cheese, bacon, chicken, and a soft-boiled egg, served on a striped napkin with dressing and lemon on the side.

Make Ahead Tips

This Chicken Cobb Salad is easy to prep ahead, especially for busy weeknights or meal prep lunches.

Cook the chicken, bacon, and hard-boiled eggs in advance and refrigerate them until ready to assemble. You can also wash and chop the greens, slice the tomatoes, and make the dressing ahead.

For best results, slice the avocado just before serving and add the dressing at the table or right before tossing so the salad stays fresh and crisp.

More Easy Chicken Salad Dinners

If you love hearty dinner salads like this Chicken Cobb Salad, you might also enjoy my 15 Minute Chicken Taco Salad for a quick Tex-Mex inspired meal, or this Southwest Chicken Salad with bold, colorful flavor.

For another fresh summer option, my 15 Minute Stone Fruit Chicken Salad is a beautiful way to use peaches, nectarines, or plums when they're in season.

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