Southern Cobb Salad with Roasted Sweet Onion Dressing

Name: Southern Cobb Salad with Roasted Sweet Onion Dressing
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 4 to 6
Ingredients: 6 cloves garlic (unpeeled); 2 Vidalia onions (large; 1 1/ pounds peeled and quartered through the core); 1 ¼ cups vegetable oil (plus more for brushing); ½ cup apple cider vinegar; ¼ cup lemon juice (freshly squeezed); Kosher salt; Freshly ground pepper; 10 cups mixed lettuces (lightly packed; 8 ounces); Kosher salt; Freshly ground pepper; 2 cups cooked chicken (shredded); 1 cup corn kernels (cooked fresh or thawed frozen); 1 cup buckwheat or radish sprouts; 4 ounces blue cheese (1 cup crumbled); ½ cup cooked bacon (crumbled); 1 Hass avocado (peeled and diced); 1 tomato (medium diced); ½ cup toasted pecans (chopped); 2 hard-cooked eggs (peeled and sliced lengthwise)

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This fantastic salad gets a boost of flavor from a toasty roasted sweet onion and garlic dressing. Slideshow: More Delicious Salads

By Shaun Doty

September 2013

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Recipe Summary

total:

1 hr 15 mins

Yield:

4 to 6

Directions

make the dressing

Step 1
Preheat the oven to 425°. Wrap the garlic cloves in foil and set on a rimmed baking sheet. Brush the onions with oil and arrange on the baking sheet. Bake for about 1 hour, until the onions and garlic are lightly charred and soft. Let cool.

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Step 2
Peel the garlic and transfer the cloves to a blender. Add the onions, cider vinegar and lemon juice and puree until smooth. With the blender on, gradually add the 1 1/4 cups of vegetable oil until incorporated. Season the dressing with salt and pepper.

make the salad

Step 1
In a large bowl, toss the lettuces with 1/2 cup of the dressing and season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a serving bowl or platter. Arrange the remaining ingredients on top and serve, passing the remaining dressing at the table.

Make Ahead

The onion dressing can be refrigerated for up to 4 days.

Suggested Pairing

Medium-bodied Sauvignon Blanc has enough heft to go with ingredients like bacon and eggs and enough brightness to stand up to vinegary dressings. Pour a Sancerre.

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03/01/2021

I make this at least once a week as it goes along with my diet plan. I usually do end up with a lot of extra dressing but what good about that is you can put it on other things as well not just for the salad. I use it when I sauté veggies or to top meats. Sometimes you have to think outside of the box.

Leah Brooks

02/09/2019

Made this tonight and everyone enjoyed it. The flavors blend nicely and it's more hearty than the usual salad. Between boiling eggs, cooking bacon, roasting onions, etc. there's a lot of prep involved, and it took me over an hour to make this (using leftover chicken). The dressing recipe made 5x the amount of dressing needed, so next time, I'll cut at least in half.

Darkmoon

08/12/2016

That sounds like a lot of oil to add to a salad.

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Southern Cobb Salad with Roasted Sweet Onion Dressing

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Recipe Summary

Ingredients

Directions

Make Ahead

Suggested Pairing

Reviews (3)

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