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    Low Carb Chicken Cobb Salad with Chipotle Ranch Dressing

    by Oscar Chimenti, Last Modified: June 29, 2022 This post may contain affiliate or sponsored links. See the Disclosure Policy linked in my footer.

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    overhead view of the chicken cobb salad on a blue rimmed plate

    This tasty low carb chicken cobb salad with chipotle ranch dressing has all the flavours from the classic cobb salad but with a little kick from the sweet and smoky chipotle flavours.

    We first make the chicken with a chipotle seasoning and then add the chipotle ranch dressing to give this hearty salad a little heat.

    cobb salad on a blue rimmed plate

    This salad is loaded with all things low carb like chicken, bacon, blue cheese, avocado, hard boiled eggs and tomatoes. With only 2g net carbs per serving this will be you go to salad from now on.

    This salad was inspired by my Low Carb Panzanella Salad on this site, and can be finished off with this amazing Low Carb Strawberry Pound Cake.

    Jump To:
    • 🥘 Chicken Cobb Salad Ingredients
    • 👨🏻‍🍳 Steps by step instructions
    • 🍴 More diabetic friendly recipes
    • 📋 Substitutions
    • 🥣 Equipment
    • ♨️ Storage
    • 👨🏻‍🍳 Top tips
    • 💭 Frequently asked questions
    • 🍽 Other recipes you may like
    • Low Carb Chicken Cobb Salad with Chipotle Ranch Dressing
    • 🌡️ Food safety

    🥘 Chicken Cobb Salad Ingredients

    This salad is a low carb lovers dream salad with big chunks of avocado, crispy bacon, hard boiled eggs and a perfectly seasoned chicken breast.

    • Chicken Breast: seasoned with salt, pepper, paprika and smoked chipotle seasoning to give this salad a lot of flavour. Quickly pan fried on the stove because who has time for grilling.
    • Crispy Bacon: I used a thick cut bacon for this salad because I love how it holds more flavour of bacon and doesn't dry out like regular thin bacon does.
    • Blue Cheese: this is one of those cheeses that you like or do not like. Of course it's optional but I do love the sharp and salty flavours of this moldy cheese.
    • Avocado: Bringing that nutty, salty and mild grassy flavour heightens this salad to a new level that is incomparable to anything else.
    • Tomatoes: for that sweet, tart and tangy flavour plus the juice from the tomatoes add to the flavours of the chipotle ranch dressing.
    • Chipotle Ranch Dressing: made with ranch dressing, sour cream and chipotle seasoning this simple yet super tasty dressing gives this salad an extra umph!

    👨🏻‍🍳 Steps by step instructions

    How to make the Low Carb Chicken Cobb Salad

    STEP 1: Season the chicken breast and cook in a frying pan with a tablespoon of olive oil until golden brown on both sides and cooked through. Once cooked cut chicken into ½ inch slices and set aside.

    adding seasoned chicken breast to frying pan
    slicing cooked chicken into ½ inch slices crosswise

    STEP 2: Slice bacon and pan fry until cooked, set aside.

    slicing the bacon
    • STEP 3: make the dressing in a small bowl by mixing together the ranch dressing, sour cream, chipotle seasoning and the optional Franks Red Hot Buffalo Wing Sauce.
    mixing the chipotle ranch dressing in a small bowl

    STEP 4: Cut and wash the romaine lettuce and lay out evenly onto a large dish or platter.

    laying out the lettuce on a plate

    STEP 5: Lay out the remaining ingredients in rows on top of the bed of lettuce. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and drizzle the chipotle ranch dressing on top.

    laying out the ingredients on the salad

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    all ingredients on top of the bed of lettuce

    📋 Substitutions

    The substitutions are endless for this recipe and you can swap out many of the ingredients to make it exactly how you prefer. Here are a few substitutions.

    • Vegetarian - swap out the chicken and bacon with some fried tofu or tempeh and pecans.
    • Cheese - if you are not a fan of blue cheese, make it with feta cheese instead.
    • Dairy free - leave out the cheese and swap the dressing for a balsamic vinaigrette

    🥣 Equipment

    I used my favourite Ninja Foodie Neverstick Frying Pan for cooking the chicken and bacon. I use this frying pan everyday, it is a sturdy nonstick that has not given me any hassle. I've had mine for over a year now and it still looks and works like it's brand new.

    ♨️ Storage

    This salad would be ok if kept in a container overnight in the fridge for the next day. However, if you want to store it for a couple more days I would avoid adding the dressing until you are ready to consume it.

    👨🏻‍🍳 Top tips

    Don't overcook the chicken as it will turn out very dry. Cooking it with a lid on it after flipping helps to keep in the moisture and should be juicy and tender.

    If you have remaining chipotle ranch dressing you can use it for dipping veggies or they would be amazing as a dip with my Keto Chicken Nuggets recipe.

    💭 Frequently asked questions

    What is a Cobb Salad?

    A Cobb Salad is an American dish made similar to this recipe but is traditionally served with a red-wine vinaigrette.

    Is this salad keto?

    This salad can definitely be considered keto at only 2g net carbs per serving it would most likely fit into a ketogenic diet. It is also low carb and diabetic friendly.

    What is the difference between a cobb salad and a chef salad?

    A chef salad is typically made the same but uses more traditional salad ingredients like cucumber, carrots and tomatoes then with meats like chicken and bacon.

    What is chipotle?

    Chipotle are peppers that are basically ripened jalapeño chiles that have been smoked and dried.

    I don't like chicken, what other meat can I use?

    You can use almost any meat in this recipe instead of chicken. Turkey, pork tenderloin, salmon or ground beef would go well.

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    side view of chicken cobb salad

    Low Carb Chicken Cobb Salad with Chipotle Ranch Dressing

    Oscar
    A tasty salad with all the flavours from the classic cobb salad but with a little kick from the sweet and smoky chipotle flavours.
    5 from 39 votes
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    Prep Time : 20 mins
    Cook Time : 10 mins
    Total Time : 20 mins
    Course : Main Course, Salad
    Cuisine : American
    Diet : Diabetic
    Servings : 6 people
    Calories : 253

    Ingredients
      

    Seasoned Chicken

    • 1 medium chicken breast cooked
    • ⅛ teaspoon salt
    • ⅛ teaspoon pepper
    • ⅛ teaspoon paprika
    • ⅛ teaspoon chipotle powder

    Chipotle Ranch Dressing

    • 2 tablespoon ranch dressing
    • 2 teaspoon sour cream
    • 1 tablespoon chipotle powder
    • 1 teaspoon Franks Red Hot Buffalo Wing Sauce (optional)

    Salad

    • 6 slices thick cut bacon cooked and crumbled
    • 1 head romaine lettuce
    • 1 avocado
    • 3 hard boiled eggs sliced in half
    • 1 cup sliced cherry tomatoes
    • 2 oz blue cheese
    • salt and pepper to taste
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    Instructions
     

    • Watch the instructional video to see how I cooked the chicken and assembled the salad.

    Seasoned Chicken

    • Season the chicken with the salt, pepper, paprika and chipotle powder on both side. Heat up 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a medium frying pan on medium/high heat. Saute chicken for 5 minutes and then flip, cover and saute for another 5 minutes until golden and fully cooked through. Set aside

    Chipotle Ranch Dressing

    • Combine all ingredients together in a medium bowl and set aside.

    Salad

    • Cut, wash and dry the romaine lettuce and lay out evenly onto a large dish or platter.
    • Assemble salad by laying the ingredients in rows. Start with the chicken and then assemble the remaining ingredients. Alternatively you can throw everything in a bowl and mix if you don't want to take those insta pictures first.
    • Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste and pour the chipotle ranch dressing over top of the salad and enjoy. You might have extra dressing remaining that you can use as a dip for veggies or my low carb chicken nuggets.

    Notes

    2g net carbs per serving.
    All nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more.
    Don't overcook the chicken as it will turn out very dry. Cooking it with a lid on it after flipping helps to keep in the moisture and should be juicy and tender.
    Cook the chicken and bacon first and make the chipotle ranch dressing.  Prepare and slice all the ingredients, crumble the blue cheese..etc.  Then assemble the salad when all ingredients are ready, it will make it much easier.

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    Nutritional Information

    All nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more.

    Calories: 253kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 31g | Fat: 14g | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g
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    🌡️ Food safety

    • Cook to a minimum temperature of 165 °F (74 °C)
    • Do not use the same utensils on cooked food, that previously touched raw meat
    • Wash hands after touching raw meat
    • Don't leave food sitting out at room temperature for extended periods
    • Never leave cooking food unattended
    • Use oils with high smoking point to avoid harmful compounds
    • Always have good ventilation when using a gas stove

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    1. Jennifer

      May 03, 2022 at 8:45 pm

      I just found this recipe. Is it really just 1 chicken breast for 6 main dish servings?

      Reply
      • Oscar Chimenti

        May 03, 2022 at 9:24 pm

        If you're serving it as a main dish you may want to add more chicken but if it's served as a side salad one chicken breast is enough as there is a lot of other protein in the salad with the bacon and eggs.

        Reply
    2. Natalie

      August 05, 2021 at 10:14 am

      5 stars
      I'm on low-carb diet. This is the perfect salad to make for lunch. Thanks for the idea. I'm so making this! Yum!

      Reply
    3. Dolly

      August 05, 2021 at 8:40 am

      5 stars
      Sign me up for this!!!! Looks so amazing! I am totally drooling over here.

      Reply
    4. Jeri

      August 05, 2021 at 8:29 am

      5 stars
      I loved this salad! Great flavor and the dressing was so tasty! It was so easy to make too, perfect for busy weeknights!

      Reply
    5. Jeannie

      August 04, 2021 at 10:03 pm

      5 stars
      This the salad I like to have on my busy nights and the ranch dressing is so good

      Reply
    6. Addie

      August 04, 2021 at 9:20 pm

      5 stars
      Truly my favorite salad ever! So good.

      Reply
    7. Kayla

      August 04, 2021 at 9:05 pm

      5 stars
      Yum! This cobb salad looks delicious! The chipotle ranch dressing was out of this world!

      Reply
      • Oscar Chimenti

        August 05, 2021 at 10:36 am

        Chipotle ranch is my new fav dressing.

        Reply
    8. amanda

      August 04, 2021 at 8:44 pm

      5 stars
      This salad is so good. I love cobb salad and the dressing is the best part!

      Reply
      • Oscar Chimenti

        August 05, 2021 at 10:35 am

        Thank you, I love the dressing too.

        Reply
    9. Anaiah

      August 04, 2021 at 8:05 pm

      5 stars
      This cobb salad was perfect and so delicious! Definitely making these low carb salads for my meal prepped lunches more often!

      Reply
      • Oscar Chimenti

        August 05, 2021 at 10:35 am

        Perfect for meal prep.

        Reply

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