Crisp Salad with Spicy Ranch Dressing

Name: Crisp Salad with Spicy Ranch Dressing
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 strips bacon; 2 Tbsps brown sugar; 118 milliliters buttermilk; 8 chives, roughly chopped; 6 sprigs fresh thyme; 1 clove garlic; 3 teaspoons hot sauce; 1 head iceberg lettuce, cut into 8 wedges; 1 teaspoon lemon juice, plus 1 lemon, zested; 118 milliliters mayonnaise; 8 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper

You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Crisp Salad with Spicy Ranch Dressing a try. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 196 calories, 3g of protein, and 18g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up bacon, hot sauce, buttermilk, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 30 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

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Put the thyme sprigs on a foil-lined baking sheet. Line the bacon strips over the top then sprinkle with brown sugar.

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Bacon

Fresh Thyme

Brown Sugar

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Aluminum Foil

Transfer to the middle rack of the oven and bake until crisp, 18 to 20 minutes.

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Remove from the oven and set aside to cool, then crumble or chop the bacon along with sticky thyme and set aside. In a blender, add the chives, garlic, buttermilk, mayonnaise, lemon juice, lemon zest and hot sauce. Blitz until smooth. Taste, then season with salt and pepper, to taste. Arrange the lettuce on serving platter, drizzle with buttermilk dressing, and sprinkle with crumbled bacon before serving.

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Salt And Pepper