Spinach Salad with Hot Bacon Dressing

Name: Spinach Salad with Hot Bacon Dressing
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1/2 pound sliced bacon, cut crosswise into 1/2-inch strips; 1/4 cup vegetable oil; 1/2 cup minced onion; 1 pinch salt; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar; 1/4 cup rice vinegar; 1/2 cup water; 1/2 cup white sugar; 1 1/2 tablespoons Dijon mustard; 1/3 cup bacon drippings; 2 teaspoons water; 1 teaspoon cornstarch; 1 pinch cayenne pepper; salt and ground black pepper to taste; 1 pound baby spinach leaves; 1 (15 ounce) can black-eyed peas, rinsed and drained; 12 white button mushrooms, thinly sliced; 1 cup sliced cherry tomatoes

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""This spinach salad with black-eyed peas is a twist on one of my favorite culinary traditions: serving beans and greens on New Year's Day. Greens represent paper money and beans symbolize coins. Here I present these ingredients in salad form, which is a great delivery system for hot bacon dressing."..."

INGREDIENTS

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1/2 pound sliced bacon, cut crosswise into 1/2-inch strips

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1/4 cup vegetable oil

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1/2 cup minced onion

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1 pinch salt

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2 cloves garlic, minced

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1/3 cup apple cider vinegar

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1/4 cup rice vinegar

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1/2 cup water

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1/2 cup white sugar

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1 1/2 tablespoons Dijon mustard

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1/3 cup bacon drippings

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2 teaspoons water

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1 teaspoon cornstarch

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1 pinch cayenne pepper

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salt and ground black pepper to taste

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1 pound baby spinach leaves

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1 (15 ounce) can black-eyed peas, rinsed and drained

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12 white button mushrooms, thinly sliced

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1 cup sliced cherry tomatoes

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