Spinach Bacon Salad
Recipe: #18312
March 31, 2015
Categories: Salads, Meat Salad, Bacon, Spinach, Southern Mothers Day, Gluten-Free, No Eggs, Salad Dressing, more
"Warm salad instead of feta, I use sartoris bellavitano pepper cheese, cubed small wowser"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (384.2 g)
- Calories 600.4
- Total Fat - 45.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 11.5 g
- Cholesterol - 79.1 mg
- Sodium - 1421.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 16.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 7.4 g
- Sugars - 5.6 g
- Protein - 35.2 g
- Calcium - 314.6 mg
- Iron - 7.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 65.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.6 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Heat a large frying pan over medium heat.
Step 2
Add the bacon and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and crispy, about 4 minutes.
Step 3
Remove the bacon to a paper-towel-lined plate and set aside.
Step 4
Discard all but 3 tablespoons of the fat.
Step 5
Place the pan with the remaining bacon fat over medium heat, add the shallot, pecans and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
Step 6
Whisk in the vinegar, brown sugar, and Dijon mustard; remove from heat and season with salt and pepper.
Step 7
Combine the spinach, reserved bacon,apples ,feta in a large bowl.
Step 8
Add the vinaigrette and toss to coat.
Step 9
Season with additional salt and pepper and serve immediately.
Tips
No special items needed.