Warm Spinach Salad with Bacon and Shallots
Spinach is served with bacon, garlic and eggs to bring out its lovely and unique flavor. Served warm, this makes a comforting side dish and it goes well with meat or chicken.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 7 mins
- Total Time: 22 mins
- Yield: 6 (Side Dish) or 4 (Appetizer) 1x
- Category: Salad
- Cuisine: USA (Traditional)
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 lbs (900g) spinach leaves
- 4 chopped thick-cut bacon slices
- 3 thinly sliced shallots
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 tablespoons sherry vinegar
- 2 chopped garlic cloves
- Salt, black pepper and ground nutmeg, to taste
- 4 hard-boiled eggs, quartered lengthwise
- Parmesan flakes, for topping (optional)
- Croutons (optional)
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a skillet over a medium-high heat.
- Add the bacon to the skillet and brown it.
- Take the bacon out and put the shallots and garlic in the pan to cook 3 or 4 minutes.
- Deglaze the pan using the vinegar.
- Put the spinach in the pan and turn it a few times (don’t cook it).
- Add salt, pepper and nutmeg, just a pinch of each.
- Divide the spinach mixture between 6 plates (or 4 if it’s an appetizer not a side dish).
- Top the spinach with the quartered eggs, bacon and cheese shavings (if liked) as well as croutons (if liked).
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