Wendy’s New Salad: The Southwest Avocado Salad
It’s no secret that I am a big fan of Wendy’s salads – I have written about them here and here. So when I was told that there was a new salad on the lineup, I knew that I needed to try it. One thing that I love about Wendy’s salads is that the full-size versions are hearty enough to satisfy me.
The Southwest Avocado Chicken Salad
The Southwest Avocado Chicken Salad is made with freshly chopped lettuce which is topped with warm, hand-sliced grilled chicken breast meat, creamy guacamole (made with Hass avocados, lime juice, and salt), diced tomatoes, applewood smoked bacon, shredded pepper Jack cheese, and served with southwest ranch salad dressing.
The full-sized salad has 600 calories and the half has only 300.
Wendy’s Southwest Avocado Chicken Salad – it’s like Wendy’s took a Cobb salad and kicked it up a notch or two.
The History of Cobb Salads
Cobb salads have been around for nearly 100 years. There’s no definitive source pointing back to its official origin, but it appears that there are two possibilities:
- It originated at the Hollywood Brown Derby restaurant in 1936 or 1937 and was named for the restaurant’s owner, Robert Cobb. It went on to become the restaurant’s signature dish.
- Robert Kreis was the executive chef at the Hollywood Brown Derby and created the salad in 1929 and named it in honor of Robert Cobb.
Legend has it that the salad was created when Cobb mixed together leftovers he found in the kitchen, along with some bacon, and tossed it with French dressing. Nowadays, traditional Cobb salads are made with iceberg, watercress, endives and romaine lettuces, and topped with bacon, avocado, tomatoes, and hard-boiled eggs.
The new Southwest Avocado Chicken Salad joins the regular salad line up at Wendy’s which includes the Spicy Chicken Caesar Salad, Power Mediterranean Chicken Salad, the Apple Pecan Chicken Salad, and Taco Salad.
Dear Wendy’s Peeps – if you read this, please bring back your BBQ Chicken Ranch Salad – it’s the best!
Sincerely,
A Salad Loving Customer
I just had the Southwest Chicken salad with quacamole. I ordered it without the cheese or salad dressing, however. Is there a way to find out how many total carbs are in the salad the way I ordered it? It was delish, btw!
Hi there!
I used Wendy’s app and the nutrition information on Wendy’s website and was not able to check WITHOUT the cheese. The carb count WITH cheese should be 18 grams with 7 grams being sugar. From what I can tell, that very well might include the dressing. (The dressing is included in the ingredient list on the Wendy’s website.) I will try to reach out to Wendy’s for further clarification.
I texted Wendy’s (888.624.8140) and got a quick response. Here are the carb counts:
Dressing – 5g for two packets
Avocado – 5 g carbs
Cheese – 2 g carbs
Salad blend – 6 carbs
A half salad would have 6g carbs and a full-sized salad has 13g.
Discontinue the greatest salad you have ever had???? Southwest Avacado!! Please bring it back!
Do u know the nutritional value without the chicken????
Without the chicken, the calorie count Is 470.
1.Go to wendys.com
2.Click on order online in the top L corner:
3.Login…
4.Choose a pick-up method (won’t matter)
5.Start your order
6.Select salads
7.Select SWA Salad
8.Click ‘customize it’ near the bottom of the product page
9.Click “meat”
10.Click on the check mark that indicates grilled chicken is on it, this removes it.
11.Save your changes
12.Then, you’ll see the calories updated to 470 and when you click on the nutrition and allergens the new facts panel is updated.