Spinach Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing

If you have about 20 minutes to spend in the kitchen, Spinach Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing might be an excellent gluten free recipe to try. For $2.34 per serving, this recipe covers 27% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains around 13g of protein, 26g of fat, and a total of 356 calories. 462 people have tried and liked this recipe. A mixture of kosher salt, blue cheese, croutons, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. It works well as a salad. It is brought to you by Foodnetwork. With a spoonacular score of 91%, this dish is amazing. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Spinach Salad With Warm Bacon Dressing, Spinach Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing, and Spinach Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing.

Servings: 4

Preparation duration: 10 minutes

Cooking duration: 10 minutes

 

Ingredients:

5 slices bacon, roughly chopped

4 ounces blue cheese, crumbled (about 3/4 cup)

Croutons, for topping

1 teaspoon dijon mustard

Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

2 cups seedless red grapes, halved

1 pound spinach (not baby), tough stems removed

1 teaspoon sugar or honey

1/4 cup white wine vinegar

Equipment:

frying pan

paper towels

whisk

bowl

Cooking instruction summary:

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. Photograph by Johnny Miller

 

Step by step:


1. Cook the bacon in a medium skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp, 9 to 11 minutes.

2. Remove to paper towels; reserve the drippings in the skillet.

3. Whisk the vinegar, sugar, mustard and 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper into the drippings. Slowly whisk in the olive oil until emulsified.

4. 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.

5. Photograph by Johnny Miller


Nutrition Information:

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355k Calories
12g Protein
25g Total Fat
20g Carbs
25% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
355k
18%

Fat
25g
40%

  Saturated Fat
9g
59%

Carbohydrates
20g
7%

  Sugar
13g
15%

Cholesterol
37mg
12%

Sodium
842mg
37%

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Protein
12g
26%

Vitamin K
563µg
537%

Vitamin A
10887IU
218%

Folate
232µg
58%

Manganese
1mg
55%

Vitamin C
34mg
42%

Magnesium
105mg
26%

Potassium
905mg
26%

Calcium
257mg
26%

Vitamin E
3mg
24%

Vitamin B2
0.39mg
23%

Phosphorus
211mg
21%

Iron
3mg
21%

Vitamin B6
0.4mg
20%

Selenium
11µg
16%

Vitamin B1
0.23mg
16%

Copper
0.27mg
13%

Fiber
3g
13%

Vitamin B3
2mg
12%

Zinc
1mg
11%

Vitamin B12
0.45µg
7%

Vitamin B5
0.71mg
7%

Vitamin D
0.24µg
2%

covered percent of daily need
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