A little bit sweet, a little bit salty—this classic salad is delicious. Look for bags of prewashed spinach to get this on the table faster.
Spinach Bacon Salad with Hard Cooked Eggs
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 20 min
- Servings 6
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 4 slices bacon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 5 medium green onions, chopped (1/3 cup)
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons white or cider vinegar
- 8 oz fresh spinach leaves (9 cups)
- 2 hard-cooked eggs, sliced
Instructions
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Step1In 10-inch skillet, cook bacon over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp. Remove bacon with slotted spoon; drain on paper towels. Drain all but 3 tablespoons bacon drippings from skillet (if fewer than 3 tablespoons remain, add enough vegetable oil to drippings to equal 3 tablespoons).
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Step2Add oil, onions, sugar, salt and pepper to drippings in skillet. Cook over medium heat 2 to 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onions are slightly softened. Stir in vinegar.
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Step3Place spinach in very large bowl. Pour warm dressing over spinach; toss to coat. Arrange egg slices on top. Crumble bacon and sprinkle on top. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
130
Calories
11g
Total Fat
5g
Protein
3g
Total Carbohydrate
2g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 130
- Calories from Fat
- 100
- Total Fat
- 11g
- 17%
- Saturated Fat
- 2 1/2g
- 12%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 70mg
- 23%
- Sodium
- 370mg
- 15%
- Potassium
- 280mg
- 8%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 3g
- 1%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 2g
- Protein
- 5g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 70%
- 70%
- Vitamin C
- 10%
- 10%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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