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American-style chopped salad

May 21, 2012 by Katie Bryson

American-style chopped salad

American-style chopped salad

Simple summer salads are such a joy, they’re easy to put together and a great way to use up leftovers.

I particularly love American-style chopped salads, or Cobb salads as they’re also known. Their heritage is in Hollywood – first created by Robert Cobb of the former Los Angeles landmark Brown Derby restaurant for hungry film stars looking for a late night feed.

So i’ve taken some classic chopped salad ingredients like avacado and bacon, but also added my own favourites like juicy king prawns and cubes of Apetina cheese.

Apetina with sun-dried tomatoesI use Apetina cheese as it’s perfect for adding to speedy salads as they come in handy tubs already cut into little cubes. My personal favourite are the marinated ones with olives or sun-dried tomatoes – so intensely flavoured but with a smooth texture.

There was a lady in Tesco handing out samples last week and we stood by her little pop-up counter for rather a bit too long enjoying her wares. Thankfully she didn’t mind, and we were going to buy some.

The aim of this salad is to make it look as colourful as possible so you can bring a flash of sunshine to your table. Because of the way it’s served, if there are ingredients that your children aren’t keen on, they can easily avoid them.

The dressing is light as it has no oil, but it’s intensely tasty with a sweet tone. The whole thing is best eaten with a loaf of warm crusty french bread on the side to mop up the juices.

The Feeding Boys Chopped Salad
(Serves 4)

1 bag lettuce of your choice, shredded
8 slices streaky bacon
1 pack cooked king prawns
1 pack Apetina cheese with sun-dried tomatoes
1 yellow pepper, chopped
1 carrot, grated
1 ripe avocado, diced
3 vine tomatoes, diced

For the dressing
1 lemon, juice only
1 tbsp clear honey
1 tbsp grain or dijon mustard

1. Grill the bacon until crispy and then chop into small pieces.

2. In a large flat serving dish, a lasagne dish is ideal, create lines of each ingredient, building across until you fill it. Mix up the colours for maximum impact.

3. Mix your dressing ingredients in a jam jar with a good pinch of sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper and serve on the side.

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Filed Under: 1 Featured Recipes, Quick, Salads Tagged With: apetina cheese, chopped salad recipe, Cobb salad recipe, summer salad

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Comments

  1. HELEN says

    May 22, 2012 at 1:39 pm

    wow this looks lovely! (apart from the prawns)…puts my ‘tossed’ salad to shame!
    x

    • Katie Bryson says

      May 22, 2012 at 2:05 pm

      Thanks Helen – yours look well delicious too mind 🙂

  2. Zoe G says

    May 22, 2012 at 9:17 pm

    This sounds and looks yummy, going to try this and see if I can tempt my 2 kids to try some

  3. Katie Bryson says

    May 23, 2012 at 10:46 am

    I wasn’t expecting my 6YO to eat it but he tucked straight in – even the prawns and avocado went down the hatch – I was in shock! I think the bright rainbow colours makes it visually appealing to little ones.

  4. Juliette says

    May 26, 2012 at 8:33 pm

    This looks so good, a rainbow salad! I’m not surprised everyone tucked in. I’ll bet you had a big smile on your face.

  5. Suz says

    July 23, 2021 at 12:56 pm

    This was delicious. I substituted the prawns for a few hard boiled eggs and the flavours were great. The dressing was perfect and probably the best I’ve tasted with this kind of salad. After what feels like eight thousand years of catering to fussy boys’ eating habits, home learning etc, I missed making time for meals like this. Thanks!

    • Katie Bryson says

      January 5, 2022 at 7:27 pm

      Ah that’s so lovely to hear – I’m glad you enjoyed it!

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