Baby spinach salad
It might not be obvious, but spinach can be eaten raw, as in this salad, where the leaves are shredded and mixed with croutons, lardons (bacon bits) and hard-boiled eggs.
82K 3.9/5 based on 15 reviews
Last modified on: June 12th 2019
Keywords for this recipe:For 4 people, you will need:
- 1
1 spring onion (scallion) - 2
1 ¾ cup fresh spinach - 3
1 slice bread - 4
1 tablespoon olive oil - 5
½ cup small pieces of bacon - 6
2 hard-boiled eggs - 7
parsley - 8
5 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
How long will it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 32 min. | 10 min. | 42 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Stage 2 - 15 min.
Prepare 1 ¾ cup fresh spinach, but do not cook.
Stage 5 - 5 min.
Pour 1 tablespoon olive oil into a small frying pan on high heat. When good and hot, add ½ cup small pieces of bacon.
Fry until lightly browned, stirring frequently, then transfer to a plate, leaving the fat in the pan. Put the pan back on the heat.
Fry until lightly browned, stirring frequently, then transfer to a plate, leaving the fat in the pan. Put the pan back on the heat.
Stage 6 - 5 min.
Stage 7 - 2 min.
Slice 2 hard-boiled eggs.
Stage 8 - 3 min.
Put the spinach, croutons, lardons and eggs into a salad bowl.
Add the parsley and 5 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette). Mix well and your baby spinach salad is ready.
Add the parsley and 5 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette). Mix well and your baby spinach salad is ready.
Remarks
It is best to use very tender spinach leaves, are ideally the very young "baby" leaves, or at least the smallest ones.
Keeping
Should be eaten the day it is made.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,731 Kcal or 7,247 Kj | 104 gr | 602 gr | 165 gr |
| 87 % | 40 % | 57 % | 25 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 200 Kcal or 837 Kj | 12 gr | 70 gr | 19 gr |
| 10 % | 5 % | 7 % | 3 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 433 Kcal or 1,813 Kj | 26 gr | 150 gr | 41 gr |
| 22 % | 10 % | 14 % | 6 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 2.75 €
- Per person : 0.69 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Fresh spinach: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: How to prepare spinach, Koulibiak in pie dish, Tex-Mex chicken burger, Late Winter Soup with Fresh Spinach, Pistachio and spinach pesto, ... All |
 | Small pieces of bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Eggs en Cocotte à la Française, Bourguignon potatoes , Breton Pie, Bacon rolls, Warm haricot bean salad, ... All |
 | French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Beetroot salad with cashew nuts, Springtime mixed salad, Paimpol salad, Comtoise endive salad, Warm haricot bean salad, ... All |
 | Hard-boiled egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Piedmont salad, Leek and broccoli "à la flamande", Seb's Italian-style aperitif slices, Mimosa eggs, Lentil and cold-meat salad, ... All |
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