Keto Cobb Salad | The Most Delicious Keto Salad Recipe You Can Make

This keto cobb salad has a delicious homemade dressing with staple cobb salad ingredients. It is excellent for meal prep and makes an excellent quick lunch or low carb dinner idea too. And the best part is each serving has just 2.5 NET CARBS!

THE BEST KETO COBB SALAD

When it comes to making a cobb salad at home, it doesn't get any better than this recipe. 

Think about the best salad you've ever had at a restaurant, then think about a salad being ten times better - that's what this cobb salad recipe is. 

It is healthy, filling, delicious, and nutritious. Honestly, I don't ever make any other keto salads because this one is so good. 

The salad is filled with grilled chicken, bacon crumbles, avocado, and a few other delicious ingredients, all covered in a flavorful homemade dressing.

You just can't find a better combination of ingredients and a balance of flavors in a salad. 

And this is by far the most keto friendly salad you can make - it is high in fat, moderate in protein, and super low in carbs. A meal doesn't get more keto than this! 

INGREDIENTS 

So, I mentioned a few of the ingredients that makes this salad so delicious, and they are all pretty common ones that you may already have on hand. 

As for the rest of the ingredients, here is what you'll need for the optional dressing:

• ⅓ cup red wine vinegar
• 1 tbsp. Dijon mustard
• ⅔ cup extra-virgin olive oil
• Kosher salt
• Freshly ground black pepper

And to complete the salad:

• 2 cups romaine lettuce, coarsely chopped 
• 1 hard-boiled egg, peeled and halved
• 4 oz. cooked chicken, sliced (1 chicken breast)
• 2 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
• ½ avocado, thinly sliced
• 2 oz. crumbled blue cheese
• 3 oz. cherry tomatoes, halved

Now, you can add or take away anything you want from this cobb salad recipe. But I highly suggest eating it with everything listed above - it just makes for one ridiculously tasty salad. 

And I actually use most of these ingredients to make my keto egg salad, so you can give that a try next!

By the way, if you want to use blackened chicken for your salad, I have an excellent recipe you can make.

HOW TO MAKE COBB SALAD KETO

Making this salad is pretty easy to do - you'll just have to make the dressing, cook the chicken, boil an egg, then assemble your salad - that's it. 

And what I love about this salad is you can prepare extra of each ingredient and enjoy it multiple times throughout the week. 

So let's get to it and make this one-of-a-kind salad! 

STEP 1: MAKING THE DRESSING

The first thing you will do to make the dressing is to get out either a small bowl or a resealable glass jar. 

Then add all of your dressing ingredients to the bowl or jar. If you put your ingredients in a bowl, whisk them together until well combined.

And if you are using a glass jar, shake your ingredients until combined and a dressing forms. 

Once you have a dressing, set it aside for later on.

STEP 2: COOKING THE CHICKEN

So, the first component of preparing this salad is cooking the chicken. And you have a few options as to how you cook it if you're not following my blackened chicken recipe.

If it's nice outside and you have a grill, you can grill your chicken over medium heat for about 5-6 minutes on each side - make sure it's pounded thin, and reaches an internal temp of 165°F. 

Or, if you want to cook it on the stovetop, add some olive oil to a skillet and cook your chicken over medium-high heat for about 4-5 minutes on each side. 

And if you want to bake your chicken in the oven, cover your chicken in some olive oil, salt, and pepper. Then bake at 375°F (190°C) for about 20 minutes.

No matter which way you decide to cook your chicken, just make sure it is cooked all the way through, then cut into slices before adding to your salad. 

STEP 3: PREP WORK

While you are waiting for your chicken to cook, you can prepare the rest of your ingredients. 

First, to boil your egg, place it in a saucepan and fill it with enough water to cover the egg by at least an inch. Then, heat the water over high heat and bring it to a full boil.

After that, turn off the heat, keep your pan on the hot burner, cover it, and let it sit for 8-10 minutes.

Lastly, strain the water from the pan and run your egg under cold water, then peel and slice. 

For the bacon, you can use either prepared bacon bits, use the microwave kind, or cook strips of bacon on your stovetop over low heat, flipping throughout so it browns evenly. Then just crumble your bacon to prepare to top off your salad. 

Lastly, you can wash and chop your lettuce, halve your cherry tomatoes, and thinly slice your avocado. 

STEP 4: COMPLETING YOUR SALAD

Now that all of your ingredients are prepared, we can bring this salad together. 

First, take out a large plate or bowl and put your chopped lettuce in first. 

Then add your sliced chicken, hard-boiled egg, bacon, avocado, tomatoes, and blue cheese crumbles on top. Or you can put all of your ingredients in their own section on top of the lettuce.

Finally, drizzle as much dressing as you want over your salad and dig in! 

STORING YOUR SALAD

My favorite thing about this cobb salad is you can prepare extra of every ingredient and enjoy it a few times throughout the week. It truly makes for the best meal-prep recipe.

Now, this recipe makes 1 large salad or 2 smaller servings. So you can just easily double or triple this recipe if you want to have leftovers! 

For storing, you can either put all of your ingredients after they are prepared into individual airtight containers or combine a portion of each ingredient in meal-prep containers. 

The only ingredient that I suggest adding as soon as you are about to eat your salad is the avocado - it won't last long after it is sliced unless you use these tricks.

And just store your dressing in the resealable glass jar or airtight container and drizzle it on top of your salad right before you eat it. 

Everything will best keep in the refrigerator for up to 4 days and should be eaten within that time frame.

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION

As I mentioned earlier, each serving of this cobb salad only has 2.5g NET CARBS! And as for the rest of the macros, they are ideal for keto. 

Here is the nutritional information for each serving of the salad:

• 230 calories
• 17g Fat
• 4.5g Carbs
• 2g Fiber
• 2.5g NET CARBS
• 18g Protein 

Pretty great, right?

You won't find a better keto salad to make at home than this. 

It has everything you need, and all of the ingredients combined create a salad with a flavor like no other. 

If you make this for your family, I think they'll like it better than any cobb salad they've eaten at a restaurant. 

Other Keto Lunch Ideas To Try Next

If you liked today's low carb salad recipe give these keto lunch ideas a shot next:

• Salad Bowls & More At Chipotle
• Low Carb Quesadillas
• Keto Tacos
• Low Carb Chicken Noodle Soup
• Keto Zuppa Toscana

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