Wilted spinach salad Recipe - Food.com (2024)

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Reviews

1. 

   This is it. The real McCoy. If you are looking for the traditional recipe, here it is. This is delicious. I don't bother with measuring out the drippings from the bacon. I use it all. It also works well if the spinach is at room temp when you pour on the hot dressing. Some recipes indicate that you should heat the dressing in a large pan, then with the heat on stir in the spinach. Don't do it. The spinach will turn into something that looks like it came out of a can. Follow the recipe. It works.

   Bob Crouch

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2. 

   My husband thinks this is the best thing he's ever ate!!! I've made it twice and we love...love...love it!!! I put the little skillet from heating the dressing over the top of the bowl while I put everything on the table and it wilts great. The only thing I do different is I add the onion to the boiling dressing to make the onion sweeter. Thanks for a great recipe!

   Darla Emerson

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   Funny how our taste buds change as we 'grow up.' When I was young, I remember my mom making this, and I couldn't stand it! I came across the recipe and thought it actually sounded like it might be good, so we made it tonight and the whole family really enjoyed it! Thank you for the recipe!

   wlossing07

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   Delicious and easy! I remember this salad being one of the first salads I liked as a kid. Thanks to this salad is probably why one of my favorite veggies is spinach. My mom made this often when she found out I liked it. I used sweet onions, and sautéed them in the bacon drippings, then added the vinegar, sugar, etc. Also added sliced mushrooms to the salad! Absolutely fantastic!

   Susan J.

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   I always loved this when I used to eat it alot back in the '70's. Now my family likes it too! I make it with Splenda to save on calories and keep extra dressing so I can take it to work for lunch. Thanx for posting, it's a keeper.

   NVirginian

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Tweaks

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   I used monkfruit sweetner instead of sugar and saved 144 calories. This salad is simple and amazing. A southern classic.

   Kimbur P.

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   I used brown sugar instead of white, apple cider vinegar, 4 strips of bacon instead of 5, and 4 hard boiled eggs. I used 1/4 of a medium red onion and sauted it in the bacon grease before making the dressing, as raw onions are hard on my stomach. I used 12 oz of fresh harvested spinach from my organic gardening neighbor. The salad was delicious and my other half, who doesn't normally like sweet dressing gobbled it down. We had it with grilled burgers, but honestly, it would have been a meal by itself.

   mrsfourthbassman

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   I used apple cider vinegar and added an extra teaspoon of sugar. Like some other users mentioned, I tossed the hot dressing with the torn spinach and green onion before adding bacon and boiled egg.

   bkthenewme32

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   Next time I think I'll heat the dressing in a pan, drain dressing into a ramekin, put the spinach in the hot pan off heat and dress the spinach with dressing, bacon crumbs, eggs, green onions and toss.

   ihartmusubi

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   This is a delicious wilted salad that brought back comforting memories of watching my grandma pour "bacon juice" over pretty luttuce and making it "mushy". If I only new then what I taste now!! Other than substituting purple onion for the green onion, I followed your recipe to the word and it was worth every step. Thanks for this great recipe! :)

   Shae2138

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