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Spinach Salad with Hot Bacon Dressing

A quick and easy salad with a warm dressing that has a mixture of tangy sweetness and salty from the bacon.

3.50 from 2 votes

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Ingredients

Spinach Salad

1 pound bag of baby spinach
1 red onion half sliced in 1 in. piece and other half reserved
4 roma tomatoes diced
4 hard-boiled eggs, sliced
1 pound bacon fried and crumbled with grease reserved
5-6 sliced button mushrooms optional

Hot Bacon Dressing

1/2 cup bacon grease
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1/4 red onion finely diced
2-3 garlic cloves finely diced
1/2 teaspoon coarsely ground pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup bacon crumbles from salad

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Instructions

Pour spinach into a large bowl. Top with Salad toppings except for eggs.
Serve salad in individual bowls. Serve salad topped with eggs and drizzled with dressing.

Dressing

Pour 1/3 cup warm bacon grease through a coffee filter lined strainer into 2 or 4 cup measuring cup.
Add vinegar, mustard, sugar, salt and pepper.
Saute onions and garlic for 1-2 minutes in a tablespoon of bacon grease. Add onion and garlic to the mixture of bacon grease and vinegar.
Whisk together. Add a splash of water if it needs to be thinned a bit.
Add bacon crumbles and stir before drizzling over salad.

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