spinach bacon salad with warm dressing

Name: Spinach Bacon Salad With Warm Dressing
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 package(s) spinach, 10 ounces; 1/4 pound(s) mushrooms, thinly sliced; 1 small red onion; 8 slice(s) bacon, cut into 1 inch pieces; 2 tablespoon(s) Dijon mustard; 2 teaspoon(s) granulated sugar; 2 teaspoon(s) red wine vinegar; 1 teaspoon(s) Worcestershire sauce; 3 tablespoon(s) lemon juice

(4 ratings)

Bowls of Spinach Bacon Salad WIth Warm Dressing.

review

Blue Ribbon Recipe by

Pauline Greenwood

@SugarCookie

Iowa City, IA

My family has been serving this on holidays for years. To make ahead, prepare the salad and dressing, but do not combine. Cover the salad with plastic food wrap and refrigerate. Before serving heat the dressing, and then toss it with the salad.

Blue Ribbon Recipe

Spinach bacon salad with warm dressing is a classic salad that's always delicious. Slightly sweet and tangy, the dressing is a warm vinaigrette. Pouring it warm on the salad slightly wilts the fresh spinach. Diced red onion and sliced mushrooms soak up some of the dressing. This needs to be served immediately and will be great with dinner or lunch.

— The Test Kitchen @kitchencrew

(4 ratings)

yield 6 serving(s)

prep time 5 Min

cook time 10 Min

method Stove Top

Ingredients For spinach bacon salad with warm dressing

1 pkg

spinach, 10 ounces
1/4 lb

mushrooms, thinly sliced
1 sm

red onion
8 slice

bacon, cut into 1 inch pieces
2 Tbsp

Dijon mustard
2 tsp

granulated sugar
2 tsp

red wine vinegar
1 tsp

Worcestershire sauce
3 Tbsp

lemon juice

How To Make spinach bacon salad with warm dressing

1
Trim the spinach of coarse stems and blemished leaves and wash. Pat the spinach dry with paper toweling. Tear into bite-size pieces and put into a large serving bowl.

2
Top with sliced mushrooms and red onion. Set aside.
3
Meanwhile, cook the bacon in a 12 inch skillet over moderately high heat until crisp -- about 5 minutes. Drain on paper toweling and reserve.
4
Pour off all but 5 Tbsp of the drippings and reduce heat to low. Add the mustard, sugar, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, and lemon juice to the drippings.
5
Stir to mix. Heat until all of the ingredients are thoroughly combined.
6
Pour the dressing over the salad, crumble the bacon over, and toss. Serve immediately.
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