I started with a large serving of lettuce, then began carefully putting my chopped ingredients in rows, trying to avoid overlapping.ġ/8 teaspoon freshly ground pepper, or to tasteġ cup finely chopped iceberg lettuce leavesġ cup finely chopped tender sprigs watercress, additional sprigs for garnishġ pound poached turkey breast, finely choppedĢ medium-size ripe tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and finely choppedġ avocado, peeled, seeded and finely choppedġ/2 cup crumbled blue cheese (about 2 1/2 ounces)Ħ bacon slices, cooked crisp, drained and crumbledģ hard-boiled eggs, peeled and finely chopped The most iconic thing about the Cobb salad is the perfect rows of ingredients, put in on top of the bed of lettuce. I also got the blue cheese crumbles out of the fridge at the same time because, with my hard-boiled chopped eggs in tow, it was finally time to assemble the salad.
I was lucky when I made the salad we had leftover bacon from another dish so I was able to just pull the leftovers out of the fridge and cut it up. I cut the tomatoes into small pieces - about the same size as the avocado and turkey - and put them into a bowl to sit. Once I peeled the tomatoes I cut them into quarters and deseeded them with my fingers.
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After the tomatoes were completely cool, I turned them over and peeled the skin back from the flesh where I made the initial cut and the skin came off without any issues. Then I took the tomatoes out of the water and plopped them into an ice bath to stop the cooking process. To peel the tomatoes I used an old trick my grandma taught me - cutting a small "x" in the bottom of the tomatoes and then putting the whole tomatoes into a pot of boiling water for about one minute. What was a but challenging were the tomatoes since they took a lot of prep, needing to be peeled and deseeded. Slicing the avocado inside its skin made it simple to scoop out and add to the salad. Both ingredients were then placed in separate bowls and set to the side. The avocado was perfectly ripe, so dicing it inside the skin and then scooping it out was simple. This was relatively easy since the turkey I bought was already sliced into thick slices. Next, I cut the turkey and avocado into small pieces. After all of the lettuce was cut, I put it all into a large bowl, mixed it together, then set it aside. The watercress was the most difficult to cut since it was different-sized leaves, but I eventually got it down to small pieces by just running my knife through the lettuce multiple times. I cut the chicory by rolling it like I would basil, cutting it into ribbons, then running my knife through the ribbons a few times to make smaller pieces. For the iceberg, I cut one big chunk into smaller strips, then into small ribbons. This was somewhat tedious because the lettuce needs to be in very small pieces. While my hard-boiled eggs were cooking, I began chopping the three types of lettuce.
Three types of lettuce make up the Hollywood Brown Derby Cobb Salad. While the recipe calls for mixing the ingredients in a bowl with a whisk, I opted for a mason jar with a tight-fitting lid so I could easily store my dressing in the refrigerator while I worked on the salad ingredients. I started by making the dressing first, which has quite a few ingredients, most of which I already had in my pantry. There are two separate parts to the dish, the dressing and the actual salad. While the dish itself didn't seem too challenging, I knew I was in for a lot of work with my favorite chef's knife to cut everything into the tiny pieces the recipe calls for. Grauman loved the salad so much he ordered it again at the restaurant the next day, calling it the "Cobb salad."ĭisney World continues to use the recipe created by Cobb, from the salad ingredients to the utterly addictive dressing that brings the dish together.Īfter hearing the salad was a favorite of Stamos, I knew had to try it out myself. Then the smell of bacon came wafting into the area, so he grabbed a few slices of that to add to his dish.Īfter tossing everything together, he shared the outcome with his pal Sid Grauman, yes the same Grauman of Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
He also found hard-boiled eggs, cheese and chives. Bob Cobb, the owner of the Brown Derby, was searching the refrigerator at the restaurant and started pulling out leftovers of different produce like lettuce, tomatoes and avocado.