Description
This is a quick and easy recipe that is sure to impress guests. It’s not your ordinary spinach salad.
Ingredients
- ½ cup red wine vinegar
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 ½ tablespoons water
- 1 ½ tablespoons butter
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 (10 ounce) package baby spinach
- 1 (6 ounce) package sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1 (15 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
- ⅓ cup toasted slivered almonds
- 4 slices cooked bacon, crumbled
- ¼ red onion, sliced and separated into rings (Optional)
- ¼ cup croutons, or as desired (Optional)
Instructions
- Mix vinegar
- sugar
- water
- butter
- and salt together in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Cook and stir until sugar dissolves and mixture is bubbling
- about 1 minute. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature
- about 1 hour.
- Whisk egg into dressing; return saucepan to low heat and simmer until dressing thickens
- 5 to 10 minutes.
- Combine spinach
- mushrooms
- mandarin oranges
- almonds
- bacon
- red onion rings
- and croutons in a large bowl; pour dressing over salad. Toss to coat.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Servings: 6