Tex-Mex Cobb Salad

Tex-Mex Cobb Salad is a colorful salad with lots of south of the border flavor. Chicken, hard-boiled eggs, avocado, corn, black beans, bacon, tomatoes, and red onion are covered in a BBQ Ranch Dressing.

A cobb salad is so classic and it’s one of my favorite types of salad. It can be fun to do creative twists on a traditional cobb salad like this Southern Cobb Salad.

What Is A Cobb Salad?

A traditional cobb salad consists of chicken, bacon, tomatoes, avocado, blue cheese ,and lettuce. Typically the ingredients are arranged in rows instead of being mixed together.

Instead of blue cheese, I’ve used chunks of pepper jack cheese and I’ve added corn, black olives, and black beans. Plus some Frito corn chips for something crunchy!

Creamy Dressing

For the dressing I mix a little BBQ sauce into some Ranch dressing. It gives the ranch a little kick and a smoky/sweet flavor.

What I love most about a cobb salad is that it is a full meal kind of salad. The kind that leaves you with a very full belly. This Tex-Mex Cobb Salad is loaded with filling protein- chicken, bacon, and eggs.

Variations and Substitutions

This salad is easily customizable and any of the ingredients can be felt out.

• Use Queso Fresco or Cotija Cheese in place of Pepper Jack.
• Add some pepitas.
• Use tortilla strips in place or Fritos.
• Red bell pepper is another great addition.
• Top with a scoop of Pico de Gallo.
• Use shrimp or taco-seasoned ground beef instead of chicken.
• Use pinto beans in place of black beans.

More Salad Recipes

• Seven-Layer Salad
• Barbecue-Ranch Cornbread Salad
• Muffaletta Salad
• Strawberry Fields Salad
• Dorito Taco Salad
• Barbecue Salmon Cobb Salad
• Chicken Bacon Ranch Layer Salad
• Southern Cobb Salad

Originally posted April 21, 2017