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Spinach Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing
Spinach Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing is a classic salad made with a vinaigrette that uses bacon drippings instead of oil.
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Course:
Dinner Salad/Week Night Meal
Cuisine:
American
Keyword:
bacon dressing, spinach and bacon salad, spinach salad
Prep Time:
10
minutes
minutes
Cook Time:
25
minutes
minutes
Total Time:
35
minutes
minutes
Servings:
2
large servings
Author:
Laura Franco
Ingredients
1x
2x
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1 5-
ounce
package fresh baby spinach
1/2
pint
white button mushrooms - sliced
3
hard-boiled eggs - quartered
6
slices
of bacon - cooked crispy and crumbled
2
TBS
bacon drippings from cooked bacon
1/3
cup
red wine or apple cider vinegar
2
TBS
sugar
1
teaspoon
dijon mustard
1
teaspoon
finely chopped shallot
Instructions
Warm Bacon Dressing
Cook the bacon and reserve the bacon drippings.
Add bacon drippings, vinegar, sugar, dijon mustard, and shallot to a mason jar and shake until it's mixed.
To serve the dressing warm, microwave it for 15-20 seconds.
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Crumble or slice the cooked bacon.
Slice the mushrooms.
Slice the hardboiled eggs.
Arrange the spinach, eggs, bacon, mushrooms in a bowl and drizzle with warm bacon dressing.
Notes
You can assemble this salad ahead of time, but add the dressing right before serving while the bacon drippings are still warm.