Flagstaff Food Truck Cobb

Every 60 days, Chop't introduces a new set of seasonal salads.  I went to check out the current seasonal salads online today and as soon as I saw the Flagstaff Food Truck Cobb, I knew I was headed to Chop't to get one of those for lunch.

There was bread on top, but the salad is more attractive without it

The Flagstaff Food Truck Cobb salad consists of FreeBird piquin pepper chicken, hominy, tomato, pepper jack cheese, red onion and pita chips (I substituted chickpeas for the the chips) chop't with romaine lettuce, and is recommended with creamy chimichurri dressing (which I got after trying a sample).

Close-up on the Flagstaff Food Truck Cobb... still not sure why it is a "food truck" salad

This was a really unique salad, mostly because of the hominy.  I haven't eaten much hominy over the years, and this was the first time ever eating it in a salad.  The texture of the puffed up hominy was definitely different from anything else in the salad, and it worked well with the crisp lettuce, juicy tomatoes, and creamy pepper jack cheese. The chicken was seasoned with piquin chili peppers (which according to Chop't's Facebook page, are citrusy, smoky and nutty), but I didn't find that the chicken had that much heat or strong flavors.  Perhaps that was offset by the cream in the chimichurri dressing, which also contained a fantastic combination of herbs.

I would definitely get this salad again.  But next time, I think I would get red and green peppers instead of chickpeas. I think that might work better with the other ingredients and the southwestern style. Also, instead of the chimichurri dressing (which was quite good), I might go for something else a little healthier like the Mexican Goddess dressing that I loved so much in the Pink Goddess.  I think that cilantro-jalapeno kick might work really well here.