My grandmother used to make a variation of this with the bacon fat she rendered. As a child, I adored it, and now I understand why! All of that yummy, satiating fat was exactly what my body craved.
November 26 2018 recipe by Kristie Sullivan, PhD, photo by Jill Wallentin, nutritional review by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE in Recipes, Main course, Side dish
My grandmother used to make a variation of this with the bacon fat she rendered. As a child, I adored it, and now I understand why! All of that yummy, satiating fat was exactly what my body craved.
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4 servingservings
Ingredients
Spinach salad
- 2 tbsp 2 tbsp ghee or butter
- 1 lb 450 g medium shrimp, raw, peeled, and deveined
- 2 2 garlic clove, coarsely choppedgarlic cloves, coarsely chopped
- 6 oz. (52⁄3 cups) 170 g (1.3 liters) fresh baby spinach
- 2 2 hard-boiled egg, choppedhard-boiled eggs, chopped
- 2 oz. 55 g bacon, cooked, and chopped
- 1 oz. 28 g Parmesan cheese, finely grated (optional)
- salt and pepper, to taste
Hot bacon fat dressing
- ½ cup 120 ml bacon fat or light olive oil
- ¼ cup 60 ml apple cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
- salt
- ground black pepper
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Instructions
Instructions are for 4 servings. Please modify as needed.
In a large pan over medium-high heat, melt butter.
Pat the shrimp dry with a paper towel to remove as much moisture as possible. Add the shrimp and the garlic to the skillet and sauté for 3-5 minutes until the shrimp are bright pink and thoroughly cooked. Remove shrimp from the heat.
Equally distribute the spinach among the plates, followed by the hard-boiled eggs, bacon, shrimp, and parmesan cheese.
In a small saucepan, over medium heat, melt the bacon fat. Add the apple cider vinegar and remaining ingredients, whisking until well combined.
Dress salad plates with hot bacon vinaigrette and serve immediately.
Tip!
The dressing can be made ahead of time and warmed just before serving.Can refrigerate for up to 10 days. I like to store it in a mason jar so that I can shake it really well just before pouring it over my plate. At times we add a bit of grilled or roasted meat for a little more protein.
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16 comments
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Billie
February 22 2019
This salad is absolutely amazing. It is one of the best salads I think I have ever had. Popping with color and flavor! I used 5 medium pre-cooked/cleaned prawns during the salad prep and poured the hot dressing on top of them and the salad. The only problem I had was while making the dressing you must whisk the dijon mustard into the bacon grease because it will bead and seperate from the bacon grease if you don't. Thank you for such a great salad recipe
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Amanda
July 13 2019
Are you supposed to measure the ounces of bacon before cooking or after cooking
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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
July 16 2019
Are you supposed to measure the ounces of bacon before cooking or after cooking
Since it specifies chopped bacon, this is 2oz cooked and chopped bacon.
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Bonnie
September 3 2019
This is scrumptious! Totally satisfying! Thank you! Didn’t know keto could taste so good!
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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
September 4 2019
This is scrumptious! Totally satisfying! Thank you! Didn’t know keto could taste so good!
This is a favorite in our family as well!
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Patricia
September 19 2019
There is a food allergy in my home. What can I use as a shrimp substitute?
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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
September 20 2019
There is a food allergy in my home. What can I use as a shrimp substitute?
You can use any other meat/protein that sound appealing to you.
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Linda
September 24 2019
I cant eat anything with shellfish as I am highly allergic to anything that is in a shell. Some fish I am okay with. I am a diet doctor member but I have not had much success with it. I know I am doing something wrong so I hope your plan will work. I am on the edge of being Type 2 diabetic as well as I suffer from high blood pressure and Crohn's. Thank you for any help you can give me as I need to lose about 50 lbs.
Thank you,
LindaReply: #22
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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
September 24 2019
I cant eat anything with shellfish as I am highly allergic to anything that is in a shell. Some fish I am okay with. I am a diet doctor member but I have not had much success with it. I know I am doing something wrong so I hope your plan will work. I am on the edge of being Type 2 diabetic as well as I suffer from high blood pressure and Crohn's. Thank you for any help you can give me as I need to lose about 50 lbs.
Thank you,
LindaI would recommend getting started with our two week challenge. Where you see shellfish, you can swap out for other protein of your choice.
https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/get-started23
Irene
October 21 2019
I loved this salad, will be come a favourite.
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Simon Stebbing
December 19 2019
Enjoyable. The mustard didn't dissolve with whisking for me, leading to hom*ogeneous, unattractive sauce, but nice nonetheless. Next time I'll try premixing with the ACV before adding. Possible something in the mustard cooked but it wasn't gritty, just cosmetic.
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Dianamccarthy527
January 7 2020
This was absolutely delicious! And having leftovers for lunch is a nice bonus.
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Kate Nordin
November 4 2020
Hello there!
Thanks so much for your feedback. We've listened, re-tested this recipe, and improved it. We hope once you try it again yourself, you'll notice the difference — and love it as much as we do.
Happy cooking!/The recipe team
P.S. To keep the comments section up-to-date, we've gone ahead and removed any comments regarding the now-resolved issues. Thanks!
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Judi
March 1 2021
Recipe mentions chopped garlic but does not mention if it is added to the shrimp/butter/olive oil or into the dressing.
I 'winged' it and thought it was a delicious salad for the two of us.
THANKS.
JudiReply: #30
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Charlotte Zwart Team Diet Doctor
March 1 2021
Recipe mentions chopped garlic but does not mention if it is added to the shrimp/butter/olive oil or into the dressing.
I 'winged' it and thought it was a delicious salad for the two of us.
THANKS.
JudiGreat to hear that it was delicious! The garlic should be added in step 2 (the recipe got updated now).
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Kelli
June 17 2021
I made this last night and it was so good. It was easy to put together and the flavor combination were spot on and so satisfying. I added this to my favorites list! Thank you!
