Frisee Salad with Lardons and Poached Eggs

Name: Frisee Salad with Lardons and Poached Eggs
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 larges eggs; 227 grams frisee (French curly endive); 3 Tbsps red-wine vinegar; 2 Tbsps chopped shallot; 170 grams bacon or thick-cut bacon slices; 2 Tbsps distilled white vinegar

Frisee Salad with Lardons and Poached Eggs is a gluten free, dairy free, and primal side dish. One portion of this dish contains roughly 12g of protein, 21g of fat, and a total of 260 calories. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 18% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up bacon, frisee, shallot, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 30 minutes.

Instructions

Tear frisee into bite-size pieces and put in a large bowl. If using slab bacon, cut lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices.

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Slab Bacon

Curly Endive

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Bowl

Cut bacon slices crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick sticks (lardons).

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Bacon

In a heavy skillet cook bacon over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until golden and remove skillet from heat.

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Bacon

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Frying Pan

Have ready another skillet with 1-inch warm water. Half-fill a 4-quart saucepan with water and stir in white vinegar. Bring liquid to a bare simmer. Break each egg into a teacup. Slide 1 egg into simmering liquid and immediately push white around yolk with a slotted spoon, moving egg gently. (Egg will become oval, with yolk completely covered by white.)

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Distilled White Vinegar

Water

Egg Yolk

Egg

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Slotted Spoon

Sauce Pan

Frying Pan

Add remaining 3 eggs in same manner. Simmer eggs about 1 1/2 minutes for runny yolks to about 3 minutes for firm yolks. (Serving this salad with runny, not fully cooked yolks may be of concern if there is a problem with salmonella in your area.) Immediately transfer eggs to skillet of warm water. Reheat bacon in its skillet over moderate heat.

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Bacon

Water

Egg Yolk

Egg

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Frying Pan

Add shallot and cook, stirring, 1 minute.

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Shallot

Add red-wine vinegar and boil 5 seconds. Immediately pour hot dressing over frisee and toss with salt and pepper to taste. Divide salad among 4 plates and top with drained poached eggs. Season eggs with salt and pepper and serve salad immediately.

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Salt And Pepper