Easy Seafood Cobb Salad Recipe - Here's a fresh take on the made on the fly by Hollywood restaurateur Bob Cobb back in 1937. Crispy bacon, hard-boiled eggs, tomatoes, large shrimp and seared sea scallops - all the original appeal and an extra special presentation!
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How To Make the Best Classic Cobb Salad
What makes a great Cobb salad? The classic Cobb salad is very simple to make. All you need is a few fresh ingredients and a kickass vinaigrette! You can make a kitchen sink version with leftover meal prep or you can make a lavish one with awesome layers - like seafood! It's all about the layers!
Ingredients You Will Need To Make A Seafood Salad
This great recipe only requires a few ingredients. Serve it in a large bowl and mix it all together!
- Sea Scallops
- Large Shrimps
- Romaine Lettuce Hearts
- Cherry Tomatoes
- Bacon
- Boiled Eggs
- Avocado
- Cucumber
- Blue Cheese
Ingredients You Will Need To Make Dill Vinaigrette
Instead of a blue cheese dressing, we are making this brightly tasting dill salad dressing.
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Rice Wine Vinegar or Red Wine Vinegar
- Dill
- Egg Yolk
- Garlic
- Black Pepper
- Salt
How to Cook Scallops:
Scallops are easy to prepare. Simply defrost scallops before cooking. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a non-stick pan over medium heat. Season the scallops with salt and pepper and cook them for 2 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from heat and allow scallops to rest in the pan for 1 minute.
Layering Your Cobb Salad
I love Cobb salads because of the abundance of fresh ingredients and a variety of veggies! Hearts of romaine, avocados, tomatoes, cucumbers, iceberg lettuce, basically anything you fancy could work in this chopped salad.
Then, you've got your hard-boil eggs, crispy bacon and the dressing! Yes, the classic Cobb Salad calls for a red wine vinaigrette, however, it doesn't quite go with seafood so I made a dill vinaigrette. It brightens and highlights all the flavours together!
Usually, a Cobb salad calls for cooked chicken, but in this case, we are using large shrimp and sea scallops! I ordered my wild-caught Canadian sea scallops from shop.clearwater.ca and they are super fresh and huge!
Traditional Cobb Salad Variations
- Shrimp Cobb Salad
- Lobster Tails Cobb Salad
What To Serve With Seafood Cobb Salads
- Your favorite white wine
- Keto Friendly Air Fryer Salmon From Frozen
- 10 minute Crispy Air Fryer Broccoli
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PrintSeafood Cobb Salad
What Makes This the Best Cobb Salad? Here's a fresh take on the made on the fly by Hollywood restaurateur Bob Cobb back in 1937. Crispy bacon, hard boiled eggs, tomatoes, and seafood! Large shrimp and seared sea scallops - all the original appeal and an extra special presentation!
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 10
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 4 person 1x
- Category: Salad
- Method: Grilling
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Dill Vinaigrette:
- ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 3 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon dill
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 garlic clove, smashed
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- dash of salt to taste
Seafood Cobb Salad
- 10 Sea Scallops, cooked and seared
- 10 Large shrimp, cooked
- 3 large heads of Romaine lettuce hearts, chopped
- 4 ounces cherry tomatoes, halved
- 6 slices bacon, cooked until crispy and chopped
- 4 large eggs, hard boiled, peeled and quartered
- 1 large avocado, diced (optional)
- 1 medium cucumber, thinly sliced (optional)
- 75 grams of blue cheese crumble (optional)
Instructions
- Make the dill vinaigrette by whisking all the ingredients together in a bowl. Set aside.
- Wash the romaine lettuce hearts and dry well. A salad spinner dries very well.
- Add romaine lettuce hearts to a large salad bowl.
- Add remaining ingredients (large shrimp, sea scallops, cucumber, avocado, tomatoes, bacon, blue cheese crumble) on top of the romaine lettuce hearts.
- Toss the salad with kitchen tongs.
- Drizzle dill vinaigrette on top of the salad to your desired taste. Taste and add more dressing as needed.
Notes
- Dill vinaigrette can be made in advance and kept refrigerated. Re-whisk before use.
- The undressed salad can be made more than 1 day in advance without the avocado. Add avocado, cooked large shrimp and sea scallops just before serving.
- You can arrange your salad in a pattern or pile the ingredients on top of each other, just remember the salad should be tossed before serving!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 635
- Sugar: 1.8 g
- Sodium: 752.1 mg
- Fat: 51.6 g
- Carbohydrates: 6.8 g
- Protein: 37.4 g
- Cholesterol: 392.3 mg
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Sara says
This is one of my new favorite recipes. So delicious and flavorful. Thank you for sharing!
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Bianca says
Omg this seafood Cobb salad is sooo good! Gonna be making this many mroe times in the future!
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Cindy Mom the Lunch Lady says
What a delicious twist on a cobb salad! The seafood added a lovely sweet and buttery component to the salad. YUM!
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Andrea says
simple and delicious! Love it!
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Ashley says
Love this salad, looks so yummy 🙂
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Genevieve says
Oh my, this is the prettiest salad and I plan on making this over the weekend! Perfect for welcoming Spring!
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Jerika says
This looks nice!:) We are not used to seafood but this recipe will be the great start.:) I'm excited to try it. Thanks!:)
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Jeannie says
adding this salad to our brunch this weekend, we havent tried a seafood salad before it will be a good addition to our regular green salad
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amanda says
Served this cobb salad for dinner the other night and everyone loved. Great recipe, thanks!
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Megs says
oh my! This looks so amazing! I am going to make this for Easter. I am such a prawn fan and I have never done a cobb salad this way. Thanks for the inspo!
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Alexandra says
What a delicious salad! My guests loved this, and I will definitely be making it again.
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Oscar says
I love cobb salads but never had with seafood. This was so good.
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Nancy says
i love the juicy plump scallops with it!
Marcellina says
I'm in love! THIS is absolutely my fav salad with all the most delicious ingredients! Such a fav in our house!
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Andrea says
such a unique salad! love it!
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Nancy says
it's super tasty!! So happy you enjoyed it!
Jan says
Everyone loved this salad. So easy to do!
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Nancy says
hooray!
Kelly Neil says
Oooooh I love this twist on the classic Cobb! Looks amazing! Pinned to try.
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Nancy says
I hope you like it!!!
Bernice Hill says
A salad that is mostly seafood? Yes, I'm definitely down for this. Great job Nancy.
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Nancy says
Thanks Bernice! So glad you like it!
Jere Cassidy says
Same for me, I love cobb salads because of all the ingredients, and honestly have never had a seafood cobb salad. And you are right again, the dill vinaigrette is a kickass topping for this tasty salad.
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Vanessa says
This version of Cobb salad looks amazing! Perfect summer meal - can't wait to sit on the patio and dig in.
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Nancy says
Happy Patio Party Vanessa!