Original Cobb Salad

Recipe Ingredients

1/2		Iceberg lettuce - finely chopped
1/2		Stemmed watercress - finely chopped
1		Curly endive bunch - finely chopped (small)
1/2		Romaine leaves - finely chopped
2 tablespoons	30ml	Minced chives
2		Tomatoes - peeled, seeded,
		And diced
2		Cooked chicken breasts - diced
6		Strips bacon - cooked, diced
1		Avocado - peeled, diced
3		Hard-boiled eggs - diced
1/2 cup	73g / 2.6oz	Roquefort cheese - crumbled
		Special French Dressing
1/4 cup	59ml	Water
1/4 cup	59ml	Red wine vinegar
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons	7.5ml	Lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Freshly-ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Worcestershire sauce
3/4 teaspoon	3.8ml	Dry mustard
1/2		Garlic clove - minced
1/4 cup	59ml	Olive oil
3/4 cup	177ml	Vegetable oil

Recipe Instructions

For the Special French Dressing, combine water, vinegar, sugar, lemon juice, salt, pepper, Worcestershire, mustard, garlic, olive oil and vegetable oil. Chill. Shake well before using. (Makes 1 1/2 cups)

Mix together lettuce, watercress, endive and romaine in large wide bowl or individual wide shallow bowls. Add chives. Arrange tomatoes, chicken, bacon, avocado and eggs in narrow strips or wedges across top of greens. Sprinkle with cheese. Chill.

At serving time toss with 1/2 cup Special French Dressing. Pass remaining dressing.

Each serving, salad only: 237 calories; 362 mg sodium; 147 mg cholesterol; 15 grams fat; 7 grams carbohydrates; 22 grams protein; 1.82 grams fiber.

Each tablespoon, Special French Dressing: 81 calories; 51 mg sodium; 0 cholesterol; 9 grams fat; 0 carbohydrates; 0 protein; 0.01 gram fiber.

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 12-22-1999

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