Cobb Pasta Salad
This Cobb Pasta Salad is a delicious twist to a classic salad! Made with: lettuce, bacon, eggs, tomatoes, onions, chicken, avocado and crumbled cheese. Then tossed with cooked noodles and a tangy vinaigrette.
Servings 8 servings
Ingredients
Cobb Salad Dressing:
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1 tbsp dijon mustard
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp ground black pepper
Cobb Pasta Salad:
- 2 cups uncooked pasta about 4 cups cooked
- 3 cups chopped romaine lettuce about 1 head
- 6 boiled eggs cut into quarters
- 6 - 8 pieces of cooked bacon chopped
- 2 cooked chicken breasts
- 3 green onions chopped
- 1/3 cup sliced red onion
- 2 cups cherry tomatoes cut in half
- 1 avocado sliced
- 1/2 cup crumbled feta or blue cheese
Instructions
- Cook the bacon. Drain, and pat excess grease away. Set aside.
- Boil the pasta according to package instructions (see notes). Rinse with the cooked pasta with cold water. Set aside.
- Prepare the salad dressing by mixing all of the ingredients together. Set aside.
- Prepare all of the ingredients: Chop the lettuce, cut the eggs into quarters, chop the bacon, slice the cooked chicken, slice the onions, tomatoes and avocado, and crumble the cheese.
- In a large bowl add the pasta, lettuce and all of the salad ingredients, EXCEPT the eggs.
- Drizzle on the salad dressing, then toss.
- Let it rest for about 30 minutes.
- Give the salad a good stir.
- Add the eggs slices to the top of the salad, then serve.
- Enjoy!