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Hot Bacon Dressing - Twitchin Kitten - 04-06-2008
You ever have salad with hot bacon dressing? OMG if you haven't then you have missed Heaven!
You can make this thick (creamy style) or thin I have made it both ways. I have often quadrupled the recipe and stored it in ball jars in the fridge. Just put a small amount in a ramikin and nuke it warm for an individual salad.
This stuff is delicious on mixed greens, especially spinach and with 'dinner' salads where there is meat or eggs.
Hot Bacon Dressing
Ingredients:
6 slices bacon
1/2 cup sliced or diced onion
1/4 cup white wine vinegar (I've used red in the past in a pinch and it was fine)
1/4 cup water
4 teaspoons white sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt (use sea salt!)
cornstarch if you want it thick *optional!
Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown.
Remove from grease, cool, crumble and set aside.
Add onions to skillet with reserved grease and cook until tender. If there is way too much grease in here, you can remove some. Use your judgement!
Add bacon, vinegar, water, sugar and salt. Stir and bring to boil.
Now, what I do before adding the above I will deglaze the pan with a little cold water first. Oh my does that make some flavor!
Now if you want to thicken this up a bit, mix equal amounts of cornstarch and water in a cup, SLOWLY and in SMALL amounts at a time, add the mixture until it thickens.
BE CAREFUL how much you add! you don't want this like thick gravy but like creamy dressing! So do this literally a spoon at a time. If you stick to the original recipe and don't make extra, just put a couple drops at a time!
Cornstarch thickens stuff up FAST!