Original Cobb Salad-Brown Derby
The Cobb Salad was created at the Brown Derby in Hollywood. Here's the official story ... or legend, if you will ... as recorded by the Brown Derby itself:
One night in 1937, Bob Cobb, then owner of The Brown Derby, prowled hungrily in his restaurant's kitchen for a snack. Opening the huge refrigerator, he pulled out this and that: a head of lettuce, an avocado, some romaine, watercress, tomatoes, some cold breast of chicken, a hard-boiled egg, chives, cheese and some old-fashioned French dressing. He started chopping. Added some crisp bacon -- swiped from a busy chef.
The Cobb salad was born. It was so good, Sid Grauman (Grauman's Chinese Theatre), who was with Cobb that midnight, asked the next day for a 'Cobb Salad.' It was so good that it was put on the menu.
Cobb's midnight invention became an overnight sensation with Derby customers, people like movie mogul Jack Warner, who regularly dispatched his chauffeur to pick up a carton of the mouth-watering salad.
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INGREDIENTS
- 1/2 head lettuce ; about 4 cups
- 1 bunch watercress
- 1 small bunch chicory ; about 2 1/2 cups
- 1/2 head romaine ; about 2 1/2 cups
- 2 medium tomatoes ; peeled
- 6 strips bacon ; crisp
- 2 breasts boiled chicken
- 3 Eggs ; hard-cooked
- 1 whole avocado
- 1/2 cup Roquefort cheese ; crumbled
- 2 tablespoon Chives ; Chopped
- 1 cup Original Cobb Salad Dressing ; (approximately)
INSTRUCTIONS
Cut lettuce, half the watercress, chicory and romaine in fine pieces and arrange in a large salad bowl.
Cut tomatoes, bacon, chicken, eggs, and avocado in small pieces and arrange, along with the crumbled Roquefort cheese, in strips on the greens.
Sprinkle finely cut chives over the Cobb salad and garnish with the remaining watercress.
Just before serving mix the salad with the Cobb salad dressing.
NOTES
In my version, I used avocados, tomatoes, roquefort cheese, hard boiled eggs, swiss cheese, bacon, carrots, lettuce
stevemur
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Pair with a crisp glass of Sauvignon Blanc or Chardonnay
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Nutrition
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| Serving Size: 1 Serving (484g) | ||
| Recipe Makes: 4 Servings | ||
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| Calories: 526 | ||
| Calories from Fat: 311 (59%) | ||
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| Total Fat 34.5g | 46 % | |
| Saturated Fat 11.7g | 59 % | |
| Monounsaturated Fat 14.3g | ||
| Polyunsanturated Fat 5.1g | ||
| Cholesterol 275.3mg | 85 % | |
| Sodium 694.7mg | 24 % | |
| Potassium 1123.9mg | 30 % | |
| Total Carbohydrate 13.8g | 4 % | |
| Dietary Fiber 7.8g | 31 % | |
| Sugars, other 6g | ||
| Protein 42.3g | 60 % | |
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Calories per serving: 526
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Original Cobb Salad Dressing-Brown Derby
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