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Sweet-Sour Spinach Salad

By: Vikki Rebholz 
"A tangy warm bacon dressing pulls together all of the delicious elements in this great-tasting spring salad. The bowl looks colorful, thanks to the red onion and sunny hard-cooked eggs in the mixture. -Vikki Rebholz, West Chester, Ohio"

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.0 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (2)

Prep Time:
20 Min
Ready In:
20 Min

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground mustard
  • Dash salt
  • 1/3 cup cold water
  • 1/3 cup white vinegar
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten
  • 18 cups fresh spinach, torn
  • 3 hard-cooked eggs, sliced
  • 1/2 pound sliced bacon, cooked and crumbled
  • 4 slices red onion, separated into rings

Directions

  1. In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, flour, mustard and salt. Gradually stir in water and vinegar until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat. Gradually stir a small amount of hot dressing into beaten egg; return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Bring to a gentle boil.
  2. Place spinach in a large salad bowl. Drizzle with warm dressing; toss to coat. Top with the hard-cooked eggs, bacon and onion. Serve immediately.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 4.0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 27, 2008 by MINALEWIS   view full review
It was just average for me. I followed the recipe. I prefer the Bermuda Spinach Salad on...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 24, 2007 by Sarapcl   view full review
I make this by frying the bacon and then stirring the dressing ingredients into the bacon fat....

 

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