All American Cowboy Salad Recipes

COWBOY CHOPPED SALAD

Steps:

• For the bacon and tortilla strips: Fry the bacon in a medium skillet over medium heat until crisp, about 8 minutes. Drain on paper towels. Add some vegetable oil to the bacon skillet and fry the tortilla strips until crisp, approximately 1 minute. Drain on paper towels.
• For the BBQ ranch dressing: In a bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, sour cream, barbecue sauce, parsley, chives and garlic. Adjust the consistency with buttermilk to make it a little thinner. Taste and add hot sauce and salt as needed.
• For the salad: Put the lettuce, tomatoes, scallions, bacon and most of the cheese into a bowl. Drizzle over the dressing and stir. Scatter over some pico de gallo, the tortilla strips and the reserved cheese, then serve.
• Dice up equal quantities of the tomatoes and onions. Roughly chop the cilantro. Now slice 1 or 2 jalapenos in half. With a spoon, scrape out the seeds. (If you like things spicy, leave in some of the white membranes.) Dice the jalapenos very finely; you want a hint of heat and jalapeno flavor, but you don't want to cause any fires. Now dump these 4 ingredients into a bowl.
• Slice the lime in half and squeeze the juice from one half into the bowl. Sprinkle with salt and stir together until combined. Be sure to taste the pico de gallo and adjust the seasonings, adding salt, lime juice or more diced jalapeno as needed. Yield: 8 servings

COBB SALAD

Steps:

• Place eggs in a saucepan and cover completely with cold water. Bring water to a boil. Cover, remove from heat, and let eggs stand in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from hot water, cool, peel and chop.
• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.
• Divide shredded lettuce among individual plates.
• Evenly divide and arrange chicken, eggs, tomatoes, blue cheese, bacon, avocado and green onions in a row on top of the lettuce.
• Drizzle with your favorite dressing and enjoy.

ALL-AMERICAN COWBOY SALAD

Steps:

• Toss first 7 ingredients in a large bowl to mix and coat.
• Line a large serving platter with lettuce.
• Top with ham mixture; sprinkle with almonds and serve immediately.
• Any kind of lettuce may be used if can't use Boston.

ALL-AMERICAN SALAD

Steps:

• In the order listed, add all ingredients to a large bowl. Stir well after adding lime juice, and at the end.

COWBOY SALAD, PAUL NEWMAN'S FAVORITE

Steps:

• TO make the dressing, mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
• TO make the salad, mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
• ADD the dressing to the salad and leave in the refrigerator for one hour or one day.
• BEFORE serving the salad, add the chopped tomatoes and garnish with lime wedges and cilantro.

COWBOY PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Cook your ground beef until there is no pink.
• In a separate pan, cook and crumble your bacon.
• Cook your noodles as directed on the package, and drain them.
• In a large bowl, combine your noodles, ground beef, crumbled bacon, corn, cheese, tomatoes, and green onions.
• In a smaller bowl, combine your barbecue sauce, mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce, spicy brown mustard, plain Greek yogurt, garlic salt, and salt and pepper.
• Pour the sauce mixture over the pasta salad mixture, and mix until well combined, and the pasta is evenly coated.
• Store in fridge until ready to serve.