Years in the past, I used to order Wendy’s salads pretty typically. That was at midnight time earlier than I grew to become conscious of the great, fiber-rich elixir that’s Wendy’s Chili. Typically within the years since, I’d take a look at Wendy’s menu to see what new salads it had come out with, strawberry-this and arugula-that, would say, “hmm, fascinating,” and return to devouring my piping sizzling concoction of beany bliss.
However it simply got here out with a Grilled Hen Cobb Salad, and I’ve at all times had a constructive impression of Cobb salad; it’s the sort of salad I feel I want to order in a diner if I might ever resist ordering pancakes in a diner. I’ve at all times felt that hard-boiled eggs don’t get almost sufficient recognition for the way nutritious and engaging they’re, and it is a good utilization of them. I had this salad twice: as soon as with bacon and as soon as with out. I’d inform you why this occurred, however it’s extra enjoyable to depart it a thriller — let’s simply say errors had been made.
This salad, which Wendy’s PR claims to have spent copious time and vitality growing, contains grilled rooster, applewood smoked bacon, chopped tomatoes, crispy fried onions, diced egg, ranch dressing, and Wendy’s signature lettuce mix. It additionally has cheese shreds, which the press launch doesn’t identify, however they’re in there. The one factor that’s a bit of shocking right here is the crispy fried onions, which aren’t a typical Cobb salad ingredient, however they do add a welcome little bit of crunch.
Usually I’m fairly stingy with dressing on my salads to maintain the calorie depend down, however right here, I used to be fairly liberal with the ranch as a result of I do know that’s a part of the expertise. See what I endure within the identify of science? The consequence was about as indulgent as you may get whereas nonetheless technically consuming salad.
The tomatoes tasted good and contemporary, which was a superb begin. The applewood smoked bacon is totally scrumptious and good in all of the ways in which bacon needs to be, however you don’t get that a lot of it, so it makes much less of a distinction to the top product than I assumed it will. What does matter, and it issues rather a lot, is the rooster. It’s moist with out being slimy and pleasantly salty with out being over-seasoned. And Wendy’s offers you A LOT of rooster; I saved discovering items hiding among the many lettuce lengthy after I assumed I had completed all of it. Now, is that this the identical grilled rooster Wendy’s at present makes use of for all its salads? In all probability, but when so, it’s rather a lot higher than I keep in mind from once I ate the salads rather a lot.
The one ingredient that doesn’t actually work right here is the cheese. The ranch and the eggs steal the present because the “fatty” elements, leaving the tasteless cheese with nothing to do.
I most likely gained’t order it once more quickly, however that’s as a result of, after this one little dalliance, I stay in a dedicated relationship with Wendy’s Chili; in any other case, I most likely would. It’s nothing thrilling, however it’s a dependable traditional completed proper.
Bought Value: $7.99
Score: 7 out of 10
Vitamin Info: (Salad w/ranch dressing) 680 energy, 50 grams of fats, 12.5 grams of saturated fats, 270 milligrams of ldl cholesterol, 1340 milligrams of sodium, 19 grams of carbohydrates, 3 grams of fiber, 5 grams of sugar, and 37 grams of protein.
