Spinach Salad with Sweet Sour Bacon Dressing

Elevate your salad game with this Spinach Salad with Sweet-Sour Bacon Dressing—a perfect blend of vibrant greens, savory crunch, and tangy-sweet warmth. Featuring fresh spinach, crispy bacon, tender hard-boiled eggs, and thinly sliced red onions, this salad dazzles with a homemade warm dressing made from bacon drippings, apple cider vinegar, and a touch of sugar for that irresistible sweet-and-sour balance. Ready in just 25 minutes, this crowd-pleasing recipe is ideal for lunch, dinner, or any gathering where bold flavors shine. Tossed together just before serving, it’s a simple yet sophisticated dish that’s satisfyingly indulgent and packed with crave-worthy texture.

Nutriscore Rating: 60/100

Prep Time:15 mins

Cook Time:10 mins

Total Time:25 mins

Servings: 4

Ingredients

• 8 cups fresh spinach
• 6 slices sliced bacon
• 0.5 medium red onion
• 3 large hard-boiled eggs
• 3 tablespoons white sugar
• 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
• 2 tablespoons water
• 0.25 teaspoons salt
• 0.25 teaspoons black pepper

Directions

Step 1

Wash and thoroughly dry the spinach. Place it in a large salad bowl.

Step 2

Slice the bacon into small pieces. In a large skillet over medium heat, cook the bacon until crispy. Remove the bacon pieces with a slotted spoon and set them aside on a paper towel-lined plate to drain.

Step 3

Reserve about 2 tablespoons of the bacon grease in the skillet, discarding the rest. Keep the skillet over low heat.

Step 4

Thinly slice the red onion and peel and slice the hard-boiled eggs. Add the red onion and eggs over the spinach in the salad bowl.

Step 5

To make the dressing, stir the sugar, apple cider vinegar, water, salt, and black pepper into the reserved bacon grease in the skillet. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture is well combined. Remove the skillet from heat.

Step 6

Pour the warm dressing over the spinach salad. Add the crispy bacon pieces to the salad and gently toss everything together until the spinach is lightly coated and the toppings are evenly distributed.

Step 7

Serve immediately and enjoy this delicious spinach salad with a warm sweet-and-sour bacon dressing.

Nutrition Facts

Serving size	(736.8g)

Amount per serving	% Daily Value*
Calories	1420.5

Total Fat 87.0g	0%
Saturated Fat 28.8g	0%
Polyunsaturated Fat 2.7g
Cholesterol 832.5mg	0%
Sodium 4458.1mg	0%
Total Carbohydrate 57.9g	0%
Dietary Fiber 7.0g	0%
Total Sugars 40.7g
Protein 97.0g	0%

Vitamin D 150IU	0%
Calcium 338.4mg	0%
Iron 11.7mg	0%
Potassium 1413.7mg	0%

*The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Source of Calories

Fat: 55.8%

Protein: 27.7%

Carbs: 16.5%