A composed California salad of rows of chopped chicken, avocado, tomato, hard-boiled eggs, blue cheese, and turkey strips over crisp greens with red wine vinaigrette.
Ingredients
6 cups chopped romaine and iceberg lettuce
2 grilled chicken breasts, diced
4 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
2 ripe avocados, diced
2 large tomatoes, seeded and diced
4 oz crumbled blue cheese
4 oz smoked turkey breast, diced
2 tbsp chives, minced
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper
Instructions
1Whisk red wine vinegar, mustard, salt, and pepper. Slowly drizzle in olive oil while whisking to emulsify the vinaigrette.
2Spread chopped lettuce across a large platter.
3Arrange rows of chicken, eggs, avocado, tomato, blue cheese, and turkey in neat parallel lines across the greens.
4Sprinkle chives over the top.
5Present the composed salad at the table, then toss with vinaigrette or serve dressing on the side.
Did You Know?
Bob Cobb, owner of the Brown Derby in Hollywood, allegedly invented it at midnight by raiding the restaurant fridge and chopping up everything he could find.