Name: Cobb salad
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 225g bacon, diced, or slices thinly sliced; 1 ripe Hass avocado; Juice of 1/2 lemon; 1/2 head romaine lettuce, washed and torn into small pieces; 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, (175g) griddled, sauteed, or poached, diced; 2 large vine-ripened tomatoes, cored and diced; 1 head Bibb lettuce, washed and torn into small pieces; 2 hard boiled eggs, peeled and chopped; 4 spring onions, whites and several inches of green, cut on an angle in very thin slices; 1 medium bunch watercress, stemmed, and coarsely chopped; Basic vinaigrette, recipe follows; 115g blue cheese, crumbled; Freshly ground black pepper; For the basic vinaigrette; 65ml white wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar, red wine or aged sherry wine vinegar; 2 to 3 tsp Dijon mustard; 1 tsp salt plus more; Freshly ground black pepper; 5 to 12 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil