Enjoy Bacon Lover’s Spinach Salad for two! Baby spinach leaves topped with hard-boiled eggs, red onion, crisp bacon, and warm bacon dressing!
I really love a good spinach salad… do you? Today I want to share a great recipe for a Bacon Lover’s Spinach Salad. I called it that, because, between the abundance of crispy crumbled bacon ON the salad, there is also a warm bacon dressing that is poured OVER the salad when serving.
If you LOVE BACON and enjoy spinach salads like I do, then this simple, flavor-packed salad will be a big hit. The recipe as written makes two servings, and can be used as a side salad for a variety of entrees.
Hard-boiled eggs on top add wonderful protein to the salad, so it can be a delicious main dish salad if you choose to enjoy it that way, as well.
With just a bit of prep ahead of time, this delicious salad can be ready to enjoy! Let me show you how easy it is to make:
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First Things First!
You will need to have two hard-boiled eggs cooked and cooled for this salad. Get them ready first using your favorite method, so they will have time to cool, peel, and slice before adding to the salad.
I usually cover them with water in a saucepan, and bring them to a boil, cooking them for 22 minutes total, from start to finish.
You will also need cooked, crispy crumbled bacon for the salad. You can also pre-cook this ingredient or make this while the eggs are cooking, if more convenient time-wise.
I usually cut the bacon into small pieces with either a knife or kitchen scissors. Cook the bacon in a large skillet until very crispy. It cooks much faster when pre-chopped into small pieces!
Once the bacon is cooked and crispy, remove it to paper towels to cool. Set aside a generous Tablespoon of the bacon crumbles to add to the warm bacon dressing later, keeping the rest set aside for the salad itself.
NOTE: LEAVE 1 Tablespoon of the bacon grease in the skillet for the salad dressing (discard the rest).
Prepare The Warm Bacon Salad Dressing
In the same skillet, cook the chopped red onion in the reserved Tablespoon of bacon grease for 3-4 minutes on medium heat. Stir occasionally until done. Add apple cider vinegar, maple syrup, water, black pepper and Dijon mustard to the red onion mixture, and stir, to combine.
Cook for approx. 3-4 minutes on medium heat, stirring occasionally. The dressing will thicken very slightly as the water cooks away.
During the last minute of cooking, add the reserved 1 Tablespoon of the crumbled crisp bacon to the salad dressing. Make sure the salad dressing is served warm! TIP: Build the salad while the bacon dressing is heating!
Prepare The Bacon Lover’s Spinach Salad For Two
Line each plate with baby spinach leaves. Evenly distribute thin slices of red onion, and the remaining bacon crumbles to each salad.
Slice each hard-boiled egg, and decoratively fan them out on top of each serving. Spoon the warm bacon dressing over the top of each salad, and then you’re ready to enjoy this delicious dish for two.
I think you will love the bacon flavor that shines in this simple, but absolutely yummy salad!
The warm bacon dressing really MAKES this salad, in my opinion! Don’t leave it out! The crisp bacon, combined with warm salad dressing, red onions and hard-boiled eggs provide taste, texture, protein, and color for this simple salad. It’s so very good!
I truly hope you enjoy this Bacon Lover’s Spinach Salad. The recipe can be easily doubled, and is sure to be a favorite! Thanks for stopping by… come back soon.
Looking For More SALAD Recipes?
You can find all of my SALAD recipes in the Recipe Index, located at the top of the page. I have quite a few, including:
- Spinach Pear Salad
- Thanksgiving Salad
- Broccoli Salad
- Grilled Chicken and Spring Greens with Raspberry Balsamic Dressing
- Cauliflower, Broccoli Bacon Salad
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Enjoy Bacon Lover's Spinach Salad for two! Baby spinach leaves topped with hard-boiled eggs, red onion, crisp bacon, and warm bacon dressing!
- 5 slices bacon cooked crisp, crumbled, divided use
- 2 large eggs hardboiled
- 4 cups fresh baby spinach
- ¼ medium red onion divided use *SEE NOTE*
- 1 Tablespoon bacon grease
- 1½ Tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 1½ teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 2 teaspoons maple syrup
- 2 Tablespoons water
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Hard boil the eggs. Let cool, then peel. Cook bacon in large skillet until very crispy. It cooks much faster chopped into small pieces! Once the bacon is crispy, remove to paper towels to cool. Set aside a generous Tablespoon of bacon crumbles to add to warm bacon dressing later, keeping the rest set aside for the salad itself. NOTE: LEAVE 1 Tablespoon of the bacon grease in the skillet for the salad dressing (discard the rest).
Cook chopped red onion in reserved Tablespoon of bacon grease in skillet 3-4 minutes on medium heat. Stir occasionally. Add apple cider vinegar, maple syrup, water, black pepper and Dijon mustard; stir to combine. Cook 3-4 minutes on medium heat, stirring occasionally. Dressing will thicken slightly as water cooks away. During last minute of cooking, add reserved Tablespoon of crumbled crisp bacon to salad dressing. Dressing is served warm.
Line plates with baby spinach. Evenly distribute thin slices of red onion and remaining bacon crumbles over spinach. Slice each hard-boiled egg into thin rounds, and decoratively fan slices out on top of each serving. Spoon warm bacon dressing over the top of each salad, serve and enjoy!
NOTES:
- Use one thin round slice of red onion to garnish salads. Cut the round slice in half, and use one half of the slice (separated) to garnish each salad.
- Chop the remaining red onion (approx. 1/8 cup) to use in the warm bacon salad dressing.
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