SPINACH SALAD WITH WARM BACON-MUSTARD DRESSING
A classic steakhouse-style spinach salad with the absolute best warm bacon-mustard dressing I've ever had! Looks and tastes like a lot of work, but can be prepared in no time! This salad can easily be converted to a main dish salad by adding strips of grilled chicken breast.
Provided by brightlightz
Categories Salad Green Salad Recipes Spinach Salad Recipes
Time 20m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Place spinach into a large serving bowl, top with hard-cooked eggs, mushrooms, 4 crumbled strips of bacon, Swiss cheese, and almonds.
- Heat olive oil in a small skillet over medium heat. Stir in shallots and garlic, and cook until softened and translucent, about 2 minutes. Whisk in the vinegar, Dijon mustard, honey, and 2 crumbled strips of bacon; season to taste with salt and pepper, then cook until hot.
- Pour hot dressing over spinach and toss to coat.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 662.5 calories, Carbohydrate 40.1 g, Cholesterol 292.6 mg, Fat 40.6 g, Fiber 3.1 g, Protein 36.1 g, SaturatedFat 17.2 g, Sodium 1123.4 mg, Sugar 26 g
BACON-MUSTARD VINAIGRETTE
Steps:
- Cook the diced bacon in a skillet over medium heat until cooked through and crisp; remove from the pan with a slotted spoon and place on a paper towel to drain the grease.
- Set aside and use for a salad topping, if desired.
- Add the garlic to three tablespoons of reserved warm bacon grease and cook, stirring constantly, for 30 seconds.
- Remove from the heat. Add the apple cider vinegar, stone ground mustard, honey then season with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste.
- Whisk until well combined. Set aside to allow flavors to mingle.
- Best when served warm or at room temperature.
- Drizzle to taste over your salad; toss to coat evenly.
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
SPINACH SALAD WITH WARM BACON DRESSING
To make his Spinach Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing recipe from Good Eats on Food Network even better, Alton Brown tops it with sliced eggs and mushrooms.
Provided by Alton Brown
Categories appetizer
Time 20m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Remove the stems from the spinach and wash, drain and pat dry thoroughly. Place into a large mixing bowl and set aside.
- Place the eggs into an electric kettle and cover with cold water by at least 1-inch. Turn the kettle on. Once the water comes to a boil, the kettle will turn itself off. Leave the eggs in the water for 15 minutes. Remove and peel off the shell. Slice each egg into 8 pieces and set aside.
- While the eggs are cooking, fry the bacon and remove to a paper towel to drain, reserving 3 tablespoons of the rendered fat. Crumble the bacon and set aside.
- Transfer the fat to a small saucepan set over low heat and whisk in the red wine vinegar, sugar and Dijon mustard. Season with a small pinch each of kosher salt and black pepper.
- Add the mushrooms and the sliced onion to the spinach and toss. Add the dressing and bacon and toss to combine. Divide the spinach between 4 plates or bowls and evenly divide the egg among them. Season with pepper, as desired. Serve immediately.
HOT BACON DRESSING
This is a recipe that my great grandmother made. You can serve this over cucumbers, cabbage or dandelion greens.
Provided by Mary
Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes Salad Dressing Recipes
Time 28m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the sugar, cornstarch and salt, and slowly pour in water and vinegar, whisking constantly.
- In a medium skillet, add the crumbled bacon and pour the vinegar mixture over it. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 277.5 calories, Carbohydrate 38.6 g, Cholesterol 19 mg, Fat 12.6 g, Protein 3.3 g, SaturatedFat 4.2 g, Sodium 378.7 mg, Sugar 37.5 g
HOT BACON DRESSING
You get an explosion of flavor in this satisfying hot dressing that's perfect for strong-flavored greens like spinach, notes Connie Simon from Reed City, Michigan.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Lunch
Time 20m
Yield about 4 cups.
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a large skillet, cook bacon until crisp; remove bacon and set aside. Drain, reserving 2 tablespoons drippings in the skillet. Add onion and saute until tender; remove from the heat. Add the vinegar, water, sugar, pimientos, mustard, salt, pepper and bacon; mix well., Combine cornstarch and cold water; stir into skillet. Cook and stir until mixture comes to a boil. Boil for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. , Serve warm over fresh spinach or mixed greens. Refrigerate leftovers and reheat before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 102 calories, Fat 6g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 7mg cholesterol, Sodium 176mg sodium, Carbohydrate 11g carbohydrate (10g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.
HOT BACON DRESSING
A classic dressing for spinach salad, but it's also wonderful on other veggies like fresh green beans. Even the avowed green bean hater in the family tried them with this dressing and went back for seconds!
Provided by CCinSC
Categories Salad Dressings
Time 30m
Yield 1 1/2 cups
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Fry bacon until crisp.
- Remove bacon from pan leaving fat.
- Set bacon aside.
- Add onion to bacon fat in pan and cook 5 minutes until onion is soft.
- Remove onion from pan leaving fat.
- Set onion aside with bacon.
- Pour bacon fat into measuring cup and add enough vegetable oil to equal 1/2 cup.
- Add fat/oil to cornstarch mixture and set aside.
- Combine vinegar, water, sugar, salt and pepper in small saucepan and heat to a boil.
- Add cornstarch mixture and cook until thickened about 1-2 minutes.
- Remove from heat and add bacon and onion.
- Serve while warm.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 327.2, Fat 14.5, SaturatedFat 4.8, Cholesterol 21.8, Sodium 275.9, Carbohydrate 42.5, Fiber 0.9, Sugar 35.9, Protein 4.3
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