Spinach Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing
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This spinach salad combines crispy thick-cut bacon, mushrooms, and soft-boiled eggs with a warm bacon vinaigrette. Pair with a rotisserie chicken and dinner is done!
If there’s one thing that gets everyone in my family circling the kitchen like sharks at dinnertime, asking “Whatcha makin’?” it’s the smell of bacon sizzling on the stovetop. This spinach salad with crispy thick-cut bacon, boiled eggs, mushrooms, and warm bacon vinaigrette pairs well with a store-bought rotisserie chicken or pan-seared salmon. It’s also wonderful with potato leek soup. To save time, use pre-washed baby spinach, pre-sliced mushrooms, and even pre-cooked boiled eggs, if you like — and pick up a fresh baguette to round out the meal.
What you’ll need to Make Spinach Salad with warm Bacon dressing
Step-by-Step Instructions
Before making the salad, you’ll need to boil the eggs. I especially love runny soft-boiled eggs for this salad, but hard-boiled eggs are also delicious.
Begin by frying the bacon in a nonstick skillet, stirring occasionally, until crisp, 8 to 10 minutes. While the bacon cooks, start the dressing: in a large bowl, whisk together the vinegar, honey, mustard, salt, and pepper. Set aside.
When the bacon is done, use a slotted spoon to transfer the cooked bacon to a paper towel–lined plate.
Pour the bacon fat into a heatproof bowl, then return 4 tablespoons of the bacon fat to the skillet. Add the shallots to the skillet and cook over low heat, stirring frequently, until softened, 1 to 2 minutes. Do not brown.
Add the bacon fat and shallots from the skillet to the vinegar mixture and whisk to combine.
Add the spinach and mushrooms.
Toss to coat evenly, then taste and adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper, if necessary.
Divide the salad between 4 plates or bowls; evenly divide the egg and cooked bacon among them. Serve immediately.
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Spinach Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing
This spinach salad combines crispy thick-cut bacon, mushrooms, and soft-boiled eggs with a warm bacon vinaigrette. Pair with a rotisserie chicken and dinner is done!
Ingredients
- 8 slices bacon, cut into ½-inch pieces
- ¼ cup finely chopped shallots, from 1 to 2 shallots
- 2½ tablespoons cider vinegar
- 1½ tablespoons honey
- 1½ teaspoons Dijon mustard
- Heaping ¼ teaspoon salt
- Several grinds fresh black pepper
- 6 oz (about 8 cups) baby spinach
- 8 oz white button or baby bella mushrooms, thinly sliced (about 2 cups)
- 3 hard or soft boiled eggs, thinly sliced or cut into wedges
Instructions
- Place the bacon in a medium nonstick skillet and fry over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp, 8 to 10 minutes.
- While the bacon cooks, start the dressing: in a large bowl, whisk together the vinegar, honey, mustard, salt, and pepper. Set aside.
- Using a slotted spoon, transfer the cooked bacon to a paper towel–lined plate.
- Pour the bacon fat into a heatproof bowl, then return 4 tablespoons of the bacon fat to the skillet. (You can discard the remaining bacon fat or save it if you'd like it for cooking.) Add the shallots to the skillet and cook over low heat, stirring frequently, until softened, 1 to 2 minutes. Do not brown.
- Add the bacon fat and shallots from the skillet to the vinegar mixture and whisk to combine. Add the spinach and mushrooms and toss to coat evenly. Taste and adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper, if necessary. Divide the salad between 4 plates or bowls; evenly divide the egg and cooked bacon among them. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Information
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- Per serving (4 servings)
- Calories: 338
- Fat: 26 g
- Saturated fat: 9 g
- Carbohydrates: 13 g
- Sugar: 9 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 14 g
- Sodium: 505 mg
- Cholesterol: 157 mg
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This Spinach Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing…..was outstanding. I’ve avoided making it for years because my husband claims his mother’s was the best. Well, again yours wins with flying colors. Thanks Again for a great Recipe!
Delicious! I turned this into a main course meal by adding leftover chicken breast and left out the eggs. I found that my bacon was rather meaty and didn’t produce as much fat as required for the dressing so I used a light olive oil to make up the difference. Definitely going to make this again!
Made last night and was really good. It’s the first time I could get my husband to eat spinach salad, I lured him in with the warm bacon dressing. Didn’t have mushrooms, but didn’t miss them. I did add a sprinkle of bleu cheese to the top to serve and entice him to eat it lol. He actually said.. “good salad!” This morning he said he felt good today, I told him it’s all that healthy spinach!
Love this salad! My husband can’t have mushrooms so I used avocado instead. Thanks Jenn! Love your new cookbook!
Fantastic Salad! Combining the Excellent Recipe, the freshest and finest ingredients and using proper technique (video and the recipe) was essential
FYI, I used Wright’s Brand Thick Slice Hickory Smoked Bacon. Bacon is a critical ingredient and Wright’s has been my favorite bacon favorite for 30+ years.
Love this. It was awesome. I have tried a few other spinach salad recipes and some use way too much bacon grease. Yours is the perfect combination and my husband loved it too. Your recipes always take it to perfection. Hugs, Belinda
soo good and relatively easy:)
Do you think the dressing could be made in advance, then warmed prior to serving? Thanks!
Sure, I think that would work. Hope you enjoy!
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Delicious! Whipped this salad together to serve along side some leftovers (honey lemon pork cutlets) that were a little “sparse” for a whole lunch for my family. This elevated the entire meal and made for a delightful and filling lunch.
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