Warm Bacon Dressing for Spinach Salad

Submitted by Denver cooks

"A few years ago there was a restaurant called Victoria Station in Denver. You ate in old trolly cars, where they served the best spinach salad. The warm bacon dressing is what made it. I have searched a long time for this. Here it is..."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 2

ingredients

• 5 slices bacon, cooked until crisp & then crumbled
• 1⁄3 cup red onion (finely chopped)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1⁄4 cup apple juice
• 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 1⁄2 - 1 teaspoon honey
• 1 -2 hard-boiled egg, chopped coarsely
• salt & pepper (to taste)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 ounces fresh Baby Spinach (1/2 6oz. package)
• sliced fresh button mushroom (to taste)

directions

1. Combine spinach and mushrooms in salad bowl.
2. Cook onion until translucent, in olive oil.
3. Combine cornstarch, apple juice and cider vinegar together until well mixed.
4. Add to skillet with onion and heat until boiling.
5. While boiling continue to stir until mixture thickens slightly.
6. Stir in honey.
7. Pour hot dressing over spinach mixture and mix in well.
8. Add boiled egg and bacon and toss thoroughly.
9. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Reviews

[KitchenAndCraftAdve]

Thank you for sharing!! This is an EXCELLENT warm bacon dressing recipe (I made it with a few alterations listed below). My hubby requested that we keep this recipe & use it often. Thank you!! My alterations: 1) I used 1.5 tablespoons of the bacon drippings instead of the olive oil 2) Used Red Wine Vinegar instead of the Cider Vinegar since my Cider Vinegar was past it’s prime. Would use the Red Wine vinegar again—it added a good depth of flavor. 3) Used organic apple juice that had more apple solids in it than standard apple juice…it’s closer to apple cider.

 

[susan49]

Fantastic! I remember it well from Victoria Station in New Orleans. Searched for so long- thank you

 

[BLUE ROSE]

This dish so reminded me of home. I totaly forgot all about my mom making this for us. I chose to add mustard to ours. Excellant!