This Cobb Salad is a classic favorite made with chicken, bacon, avocado, eggs, red onions, tomatoes, blue cheese, then drizzled with the traditional red wine vinaigrette dressing.

Cobb Salads are one of those salads that is a complete meal in itself. It’s one of my favorite things to order at a restaurant when I see it on the menu. It’s a hearty salad made with chicken, bacon, hard-boiled eggs, blue cheese, and a few other vegetables. It’s topped with a fabulous red wine vinaigrette dressing that is simple to whip up quickly.

The main thing that makes a Cobb Salad is the chicken, bacon and eggs. I like to cook these baked chicken breasts or cook chicken on the stovetop seasoned with salt, pepper and garlic powder.

Cobb Salad on a rectangle white plate with bacon, chicken, hard boiled eggs, tomatoes, avocado and blue cheese

I also make hardboiled eggs in the oven or in Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs ahead of time to have ready anytime.

You can easily cook bacon in the oven if you’d like an easy alternative to the stovetop as well.

Mix the ingredients for the red wine dressing together at any time you’d like to have ready to drizzle over all the added layered tomatoes and cheese.

A plate of food on a table with Salad, chicken, bacon, tomatoes, hardboiled eggs and avocado

I love to assemble the salad for it’s beautiful presentation like in a restaurant but you can of course make simple separate bowls as well. I always love how pretty it looks coming out to the table all nice and neat.

Cobb Salad can be made ahead of time, up to 24 hours, if you are planning to take it to a barbecue or family gathering. Mix the dressing and store in a separate container. Save adding the avocado until just before serving so they do not turn brown. Cover all the other salad layers with plastic wrap and store in refrigerator.