Spinach Bacon Salad W Hot Bacon Dressing Recipes

SPINACH SALAD WITH HOT BACON DRESSING

Steps:

• Cook and stir bacon with 1/4 cup vegetable in a skillet over medium heat until bacon is browned and crisp, 5 to 7 minutes. Pour bacon into a strainer set over a bowl, reserving 1/3 cup of bacon drippings.
• Return skillet to medium heat. Stir onions and salt into the skillet; cook and stir until onions are golden brown, about 5 minutes. Stir in garlic; cook, stirring constantly, until the garlic is fragrant and golden, 1 minute.
• Stir cider vinegar, rice vinegar, 1/2 cup water, sugar, and Dijon mustard into onion mixture. Increase heat to medium-high and simmer.
• Whisk 2 teaspoons water and cornstarch in a bowl. Gradually pour cornstarch mixture into onion mixture and whisk until thickened. 3 to 4 minutes. Reduce heat to low.
• Drizzle reserved 1/3 cup bacon drippings into onion mixture, whisking constantly. Add cooked bacon and stir to combine. Season with cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper to taste.
• Combine spinach, black-eyed peas, mushrooms, and cherry tomatoes in a large bowl; toss to combine. Drizzle hot bacon dressing over spinach mixture; toss quickly and serve immediately.

SPINACH SALAD WITH WARM BACON DRESSING

Steps:

• In a skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp, stirring occasionally. Using a slotted spoon, remove bacon to paper towels. Discard all but 1 tablespoon drippings., Add vinegar, garlic, brown sugar, mustard and seasonings to drippings; heat through, stirring to blend. Transfer to a small bowl; gradually whisk in oil. Stir in half of the bacon., Place spinach, onion and eggs in a large bowl; toss with warm dressing. Sprinkle with remaining bacon; serve immediately.

HEARTY SPINACH SALAD WITH HOT BACON DRESSING

Steps:

• Place spinach in a large salad bowl; set aside. In a small nonstick skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Using a slotted spoon, remove to paper towels to drain. , In the drippings, saute onion until tender. Stir in the brown sugar, vinegar, salt, mustard, celery seed and pepper. Combine cornstarch and water until smooth; stir into skillet. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, 1-2 minutes. , Remove from the heat; pour over spinach and toss to coat. Sprinkle with bacon. Serve immediately.

SPINACH SALAD WITH WARM BACON DRESSING

Steps:

• Cook the bacon in a medium skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp, 9 to 11 minutes. Remove to paper towels; reserve the drippings in the skillet.
• Whisk the vinegar, sugar, mustard and 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper into the drippings. Slowly whisk in the olive oil until emulsified.
• Place the spinach in a large bowl and pour the warm dressing on top; add the grapes, blue cheese and the reserved bacon and toss. Season with salt and pepper. Top with croutons.

WILTED SPINACH SALAD WITH HOT BACON DRESSING

Steps:

• Place the spinach in a large bowl and leave at room temperature. Bring a medium pot of water to a boil over medium-high heat. Use a slotted spoon to gently lower the eggs into the water. Boil until both the whites and yolks are set (hard-boiled), about 10 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl filled with ice water and cool completely. Once cool, peel the eggs and cut each into quarters.
• Meanwhile, put the bacon in a large skillet and set over medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until golden brown and crisp, 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer the bacon with a slotted spoon to a paper towel-lined plate to drain. Remove half of the bacon fat to a small bowl and reserve.
• Return the skillet and remaining bacon fat to medium heat. Add the mushrooms, garlic, 1/4 teaspoon of salt and a few grinds of black pepper to the same skillet. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, 3 to 4 minutes. Pour in the reserved bacon fat, vinegar, mustard and honey and whisk until smooth and emulsified. Taste and season with more salt and pepper.
• Pour the hot bacon dressing over the spinach and toss until evenly coated and slightly wilted. Transfer to a platter and top with the eggs, red onion and reserved bacon.

SPINACH SALAD WITH WARM BACON-MUSTARD DRESSING

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.

SPINACH SALAD WITH HOT BACON DRESSING

Steps:

• Divide spinach between 2 plates. Arrange the eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms, croutons, olives and red onion over top., In a small skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Using a slotted spoon, remove to paper towels; drain, reserving 2 tablespoons drippings. Saute onion in drippings until tender., Stir in the sugar, ketchup, vinegar and Worcestershire sauce. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered until thickened, 1-2 minutes. Sprinkle bacon over salads; drizzle with dressing.

SPINACH SALAD WITH HOT BACON DRESSING

Steps:

• 1. Place spinach in a large serving bowl, tearing large leaves into bite sized pieces. In a saucepan, fry bacon until crisp, remove with slotted spoon. Sprinkle bacon over the spinach. Add flour to bacon drippings, stirring until blended. Add sugar, vinegar, and salt. Cook, stirring, until thickened. Pour hot dressing over spinach and add onion. Toss gently. Serve immediately. Serves 4

SPINACH SALAD WITH HOT BACON DRESSING

Steps:

• Toss spinach and onion in a large bowl. Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add olive oil and bacon, and cook, stirring occasionally, until well browned.
• Transfer bacon to a paper-towel-lined plate to drain. Remove and reserve 4 tablespoons of the bacon fat from the skillet, and place the remainder back over medium heat. Add the shallot, and cook until softened, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in vinegar, sugar, honey mustard, salt, and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved and dressing is hot, about 1 minute.
• Pour dressing over spinach, add reserved bacon, and toss well. Heat 2 tablespoons of the reserved bacon fat in the same skillet. Add half the bread cubes, and toss to coat them evenly. Cook until bread cubes are golden, about 3 minutes.
• Transfer to a paper towel, and repeat with remaining bread cubes, adding remaining 2 tablespoons bacon fat to pan. Add to salad, and toss well. Serve immediately.

SPINACH & BACON SALAD W/ HOT BACON DRESSING

Steps:

• In a medium sized skillet, cook bacon until crisp, when finished, drain on paper towels, then crumble. Reserve 1/4 cup bacon grease. Place torn spinach and mushrooms in a large serving bowl and toss. Set aside.
• Place reserved bacon grease back into the same pan as you fried the bacon. Over medium heat, cook the green onions until tender.
• Stir in the flour and cook an additional minute.
• Pour in the chicken broth, vinegar, sugar - cook until slightly thicken, won't take long.
• Now, pour the hot dressing over the spinach - tossing to coat well. Sprinkle on the crumbled bacon and french fried onions if using. Salt and pepper to taste...
• Enjoy!!

SPINACH-ONION SALAD WITH HOT BACON DRESSING

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook bacon and half of the onion over medium heat until bacon is crisp. Stir in the vinegar, honey, salt and pepper; heat through. Transfer to a small bowl; gradually whisk in oil., Place spinach in a large bowl. Drizzle warm dressing over spinach and toss to coat. Sprinkle with cheese and remaining onion.

SPINACH SALAD WITH HOT BACON DRESSING

Steps:

• Rip spinach into bite size pieces and place in a large salad bowl.
• Fry bacon until crispy, remove bacon to drain on paper towel.
• Stir fry the green onions in the bacon drippings.
• Mix in vinegar and ketchup, salt and pepper to taste.
• Heat, stirring continuously for about 5 minutes.
• Pour hot dressing over spinach and toss well.
• Add bacon and toss again.

BASIC SPINACH SALAD WITH HOT BACON DRESSING

Steps:

• Cook bacon until crisp. Remove from pan and set aside.
• Drain most of the bacon fat from the pan leaving only two tablespoons.
• Cook the shallot in the bacon fat for one minute.
• Add the vinegar, sugar, mustard, oil, salt, pepper, and bring to a boil.
• Pour over spinach and toss to combine.
• Sprinkle with reserved bacon pieces and serve immeadiately.

HOT BACON DRESSING (FOR SPINACH SALAD)

Steps:

• In skillet fry bacon until crisp then remove bacon and reserve bacon grease.
• Crumble bacon over fresh spinach.
• Add minced onion to bacon grease and saute over medium heat about 3-4 minutes.
• Add remaining ingredients and saute for about 1 minute.
• Pour hot dressing over spinach and toss, mixing well.
• Serve immediately.