Give Me Something With Flava

Tonight was definitely a salad night. But not just some boring old salad. Give me something with flava and variety!
On the menu, Chicken Cobb Salad.

Now, in a regular Chicken Cobb Salad you would probably find bacon pieces and hard boiled eggs. Instead of the hard boiled eggs, I decided to do a fried egg, and instead of the bacon, I chose a smoked blue cheese for the dressing to replace the bacon.

Chicken Cobb Salad
Serves 1
Ingredients:
Handful of Baby Arugula
1/2 small Red Onion, diced
1/2 Avocado, diced
1/2 Ear of Corn, Blanched and cut off the cob
1/3 of a Cucumber, sliced and cut into quarters
1/2 Heirloom Tomato, diced
4 small slices of Chicken
1 Egg, fried

Directions:
Prepare vegetables and egg as directed above. Set aside, until ready to use. In a bowl, mix together the arugula, red onion, avocado, corn, cucumber, tomato and chicken. Top with smoked blue cheese dressing (see recipe below), fried egg, salt and pepper.

Smoked Blue Cheese Dressing
Ingredients:
3 ounces of Smoked Blue Cheese Crumbles
1/4 cup Sour Cream
2 Tbs. Mayonnaise
Onion Powder
Garlic Powder
Splash of Champagne Vinegar
Salt
Pepper

Directions: In a medium bowl, mix together the smoked blue cheese, sour cream and mayonnaise. Then, add in the onion powder, garlic powder, champagne vinegar, salt and pepper. Mix well, and refrigerate for up to an hour for optimum flavor and temperature.


If you have not tried Smoked Blue Cheese, I highly recommend it. This was a great different take on a Chicken Cobb Salad that had some many incredible different flavors and textures going on. Loved, loved, loved it!