Gluten Free Warm Bacon Spinach Salad
Warm, savory, and deeply satisfying, this bacon and spinach salad is the kind of dish that feels indulgent without requiring much effort at all. The real magic happens in the skillet — crispy thick-cut bacon leaves behind rich drippings that become the base of a tangy warm dressing with red wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, and just a touch of sugar. That dressing gets poured straight over the baby spinach, cremini mushrooms, and thinly sliced red onion, wilting the greens just enough to make everything silky and cohesive. Hard-boiled egg quarters add a creamy, protein-packed finish that rounds out every bite. The best part for anyone navigating gluten concerns is that every single ingredient here is naturally free of wheat and gluten — no swaps, no substitutions, no label-reading anxiety. It comes together in under 30 minutes and serves four, making it a genuinely easy weeknight dinner or a show-stopping lunch that nobody will guess took so little time.
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4 servings
- 6 oz thick-cut bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 8 oz baby spinach
- 6 oz cremini mushrooms, thinly sliced
- ½ small red onion, very thinly sliced
- 4 large eggs, hard-boiled and quartered
For the dressing
- 3 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp dijon mustard
- 1 tsp sugar
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- 1
Place the spinach, mushrooms, and red onion in a large salad bowl and set aside.
- 2
Cook the bacon pieces in a large skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the fat has rendered and the bacon is crisp, about 8–10 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to transfer the bacon to a paper-towel-lined plate, leaving the drippings in the skillet. Remove the skillet from the heat and let the drippings cool for 1 minute.
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