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Crunchy Spinach Salad With Bacon

December 28, 2018 By Lea Ann Brown 8 Comments

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This is a recipe for Crunchy Spinach Salad with Bacon. Beautiful leaves of fresh spinach are topped with water chestnuts, bean sprouts, hard boiled eggs and onion. Then drizzled with the best dressing for spinach salad. Let’s take a look.

Crunchy Spinach Salad with bacon

It was 9:00 a.m. on the Monday after the long Thanksgiving weekend that I found myself at Whole Foods salad bar, filling one of their cardboard containers with greens, veggies and an array of healthy toppings. For breakfast!

I’m feeling that same craving for greens following this Christmas’ splurge. Indulgent Holiday eating, in all of its carb filled glory, always finds me longing for a good healthy salad. Call if what you will, clean eating, detox … I call it sanity.

Oh sure, many times over the years, I’ve consciously made the decision to include a big healthy salad on my holiday buffet. One year after proudly announcing “I’m not going to eat all of that crap,” I included a big healthy green salad amidst the array of chicken wings and Queso dip for a Super Bowl party. No one ate it – not even me.

Crunchy spinach salad with bacon and wooden salad hands.

This year’s Christmas menu grocery list included items for this spinach salad with bacon. I wasn’t so sure it would be a finalist for my holiday dinner, but I knew I’d have the ingredients on hand when that “greens” craving hit. And it would keep me away from the Whole Foods salad $$$ bar.

If you’re a regular reader here, you’ve seen me describe a few recipes over the past few months as “I’ve had this recipe forever.” I’ve been going through my database and enjoying recipes that I collected some 20 to 30 years ago. This is one of those. Plus I was poking around for spinach salad ideas. My King Soopers has had some beautiful little bunches of spinach lately.

Best dressing for spinach salad with bacon

Best Dressing for Spinach Salad

Mature spinach from the produce department has a stronger flavor than the baby spinach you find in the clamshells in the pre-packaged section at the grocery store. Mature spinach hold up better to a thick deep flavored dressing. You’ll find most spinach salad recipes sprinkled with salty bacon. A lovely compliment to this combination is a sweet and tangy dressing.

This recipe mimics a well flavored Russian style dressing. With brown sugar, vinegar, ketchup and Worcestershire sauce, it’s a lively addition to the ingredients in this recipe.

Crunchy spinach salad with bacon and hard boiled eggs

Recipe for Crunchy Spinach Salad With Bacon

I hope you give this Spinach Salad with Bacon a try, and if you do, please come back and give the recipe a star rating and please leave a comment about your experience with the recipe.

And if you have a favorite spinach salad recipe, please let me know, I’d love to give it a try. I’m always looking for spinach salad ideas.

More Spinach Salad Ideas:

  • Spinach White Bean Bacon Salad with Maple Syrup Vinaigrette
  • The Only Strawberry Spinach Salad Recipe You’ll Ever Need
  • Baby Spinach Salad with Blood Oranges, from Aysegul over at Fool Proof Living
  • Mediterranean Spinach Salad with Garbanzos and Sumac Lemon Vinaigrette, from Kalyn’s Kitchen

I’m sharing this recipe over at Meal Plan Monday. Check it out.

5 from 3 votes
Crunchy spinach salad with bacon and wooden salad hands.
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Crunchy Spinach Salad with Bacon
Cook Time: prep/total time: 15 min. Servings: 8 servings Source: tasteofhome.com
Keyword: Spinach salad with bacon
Ingredients
  • 2 quarts fresh torn spinach
  • 1 can 16 ounces bean sprouts
  • 1 can 8 ounces sliced water chestnuts, drained
  • 4 hard-boiled large eggs chopped
  • 6 bacon strips cooked and crumbled
  • 1 small onion thinly sliced
  • DRESSING:
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup canola oil
  • 1/3 cup vinegar
  • 1/3 cup ketchup
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl, combine spinach, bean sprouts, water chestnuts, eggs, bacon and onion. In a bottle or jar, combine all dressing ingredients. Cover and shake well to mix. Just before serving, pour dressing over salad and toss.

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Comments

  1. KalynsKitchen says

    December 28, 2018 at 4:44 pm

    I love spinach salad and this sounds good. Thanks for the shout-out!

    Reply
  2. Larry says

    December 29, 2018 at 5:30 am

    Very nice presentation Chef

    Reply
  3. Aysegul Sanford says

    December 29, 2018 at 4:44 pm


    Such a great salad recipe. Perfect for anytime of the year.

    Reply
    • Lea Ann Brown says

      January 8, 2019 at 5:51 am

      Thanks so much Aysegul. And thanks for stopping in.

      Reply
  4. Liz says

    December 31, 2018 at 7:53 am


    Bill will love this! And your dressing sounds terrific!! Happy New Year!!

    Reply
    • Lea Ann Brown says

      January 8, 2019 at 5:49 am

      Thanks Liz. And Happy New Year to you and your family.

      Reply
  5. Helene says

    January 2, 2019 at 6:08 am


    Can’t wait to try your salad one of these days. I have been craving this kind of food for lunch lately.

    Reply
    • Lea Ann Brown says

      January 8, 2019 at 5:49 am

      Thanks Helene. And thanks for stopping in.

      Reply

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