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Spinach Salad with Warm Bacon Vinaigrette Recipe

This simple spinach salad recipe is a mix of healthy spinach, crispy bacon, and toasted pecans, for a most satisfying salad.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Spinach Salad with Warm Bacon Vinaigrette Recipe

Why it works: Shallot and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 859 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Spinach Salad with Warm Bacon Vinaigrette Recipe

6 servings
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

314Calories
7 gProtein
24 gFat
21 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Shallot + mustardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together859 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Shallot + spinachtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together198 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Mustard + spinachtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together503 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  4. Pepper + spinachtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,400 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Vinegar + mustardtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the pecans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shallot, red wine, vinegar, sugar, mustard, pepper, spinach):

  1. Lentilsfits better
  2. Chestnutfits better
  3. Chickpeafits better
  4. Pecansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shallot, red wine, vinegar, sugar, mustard, pepper, spinach. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.