Wilted Spinach Salad and Bacon Vinaigrette

Description

Fresh baby spinach, sliced mushrooms, and boiled eggs are topped with a hot bacon vinaigrette with caramelized onions. Very satisfying and earthy! This is also great topped with grape tomatoes for a little tart pop reminiscent of a nice BLT.

Ingredients

  • 1 (12 ounce) package bacon
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • ½ cup white vinegar
  • ½ cup ketchup
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 pound fresh spinach
  • 1 (12 ounce) package sliced fresh mushrooms
  • 3 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and diced

Instructions

  1. Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat
  2. turning occasionally
  3. until evenly browned
  4. about 10 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels
  5. reserving about 1 tablespoon bacon drippings in the skillet. Crumble bacon.
  6. Heat reserved bacon drippings over medium heat; cook and stir onion in hot bacon drippings until slightly tender
  7. 5 to 10 minutes.
  8. Combine vegetable oil
  9. sugar
  10. vinegar
  11. ketchup
  12. Worcestershire sauce
  13. and salt together in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until sugar and salt are dissolved
  14. about 5 minutes. Add bacon and onion and simmer over low heat until dressing is blended
  15. 3 minutes.
  16. Mix spinach
  17. mushrooms
  18. and eggs together in a large bowl. Pour dressing over spinach mixture; toss to coat.

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 25 mins

Total Time: 35 mins

Servings: 4

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