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Winter Cobb Salad with Maple Orange Dressing

Maria Nasir
Winter Cobb Salad with Maple Orange Dressing is a vibrant, colorful and delicious dinner-worthy salad. It combines the classic goodness of traditional Cobb Salad with winter produce. It's a fun recipe that you'll want to make year long with different tweaks.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Salad
Cuisine American
Servings 2 persons

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 head iceberg lettuce rinsed under cool water and torn roughly by hand
  • 3 eggs hard boiled
  • 1 cup chicken cooked or roasted
  • 1 orange peeled, segmented, seeds removed
  • 1 cup ripe red tomatoes diced
  • 1 cup pomegranate seeds
  • 1 cup sweet potatoes peeled and cut into bite sized cubes
  • 1/2 cup paneer or cottage cheese optional
  • 3/4 cup orange juice
  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup or honey
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • salt to taste
  • pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 200 degrees C.
  • Line a large enough baking sheet with baking paper and spread sweet potato cubes in a single layer.
  • Spray lightly with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
  • Bake in preheated oven for 25-30 minutes or till the cubes are golden on the outside and soft inside.
  • Meanwhile prep all other ingredients. Boil eggs. Peel and slice. Peel and segment the orange. Peel and cut a pomegranate for seeds. Wash and roughly tear iceberg lettuce leaves.
  • Cut into cubes or shred into chunks already cooked or roasted chicken. You can use store bought ready to eat chicken as well. Or simply sauté, roast or boil some chicken boneless pieces while the sweet potatoes are getting roasted.
  • Cut into cubes or crumble up some paneer or cottage cheese.
  • Mix orange juice, maple syrup/honey, Dijon mustard. salt and pepper in a bowl. Whisk together till everything is combined. Refrigerate or set aside.
  • Arrange iceberg lettuce on a large salad platter.
  • Arrange eggs, chicken, tomatoes, oranges, pomegranate seeds and sweet potatoes decoratively over the greens (in rows or little mounds.
  • Add crumbled paneer on top, if using any.
  • Pour over the Maple Orange Dressing over the salad right before serving or serve on the side.