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Chicken Cobb Salad (with Bacon Bits)

by Luke Thomas from Luke’s Cookbook

A medley of seasoned chicken, bacon bits, ripe avocado and Roquefort cheese makes up this cobb salad. Finish with a splash of homemade red wine vinaigrette.

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Introduction

This is my take on the classic American salad. I’ve added some watercress for a bit of a peppery bite and you can use any blue cheese you fancy. It’s great as a starter, but it could easily serve two people for lunch or as a light late-night dinner – which is apparently how it came about in the first place when a chef threw together a load of old leftovers and smothered them in dressing!

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Ingredients

2 eggs
2 vine-ripened tomatoes
2 skinless chicken breasts
1 tbsp olive oil
200g bacon pieces
1 iceberg lettuce, chopped into chunky 2.5cm pieces
1 avocado, peeled, stone removed, cut into small pieces
100g Roquefort cheese, crumbled
A small bunch of watercress, picked into small pieces
For the red wine vinaigrette:
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1 tsp honey
1 tbsp red wine vinegar
4 tbsp olive oil
A pinch of salt and pepper

Method

Place the eggs in a pan of cold water. Bring to the boil, then set the timer for 3½ minutes. Remove the eggs and cool in a bowl of cold water. Peel and set aside.

Meanwhile, bring a small saucepan of water to the boil and blanch the tomatoes for 30 seconds. Cool under cold running water, then peel off and discard the skins. Chop the tomato flesh into small pieces.

Cut the chicken breasts almost through horizontally and open out like a book.

Heat the oil in a griddle pan. When very hot, cook the butterflied chicken on one side for 3 minutes. Turn the chicken over and scatter around the bacon pieces. Cook for another 3 minutes on the other side, until the chicken is cooked through and the bacon has started to colour. Remove from the pan and cut each chicken breast into 6 pieces.

While the chicken and bacon are cooking, mix together the ingredients for the dressing.

In a large serving bowl, mix together the lettuce, tomato and avocado pieces, the crumbled Roquefort cheese and the cooked bacon pieces. Pour over the dressing and mix to coat. Quarter the soft-boiled eggs. Serve the salad scattered with the chicken and watercress and topped with the egg.

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From the book: Luke’s Cookbook

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