Shellfish and Bacon Spinach Salad

Name: Shellfish and Bacon Spinach Salad
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 slices thick slices applewood-smoked bacon, diced (such as Neuskes); 340 grams packages prewashed baby spinach; 0 teaspoons crushed red pepper; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1 kilograms mussels, scrubbed and debearded; 79 milliliters thinly sliced red onion, separated into rings; 59 milliliters riesling or other dry white wine

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Shellfish and Bacon Spinach Salad a try. Watching your figure? This gluten free, dairy free, and primal recipe has 230 calories, 25g of protein, and 9g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 39% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of garlic cloves, riesling, onion, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Cook bacon in a Dutch oven over medium heat until crisp.

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Bacon

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Dutch Oven

Remove bacon from pan, reserving 1 tablespoon drippings in pan. Crumble bacon; set aside.

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Bacon

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Frying Pan

Add garlic to drippings in pan; cook over medium heat 1 minute.

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Garlic

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Add wine and crushed red pepper.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Wine

Add mussels to pan; cover and cook 6 minutes or until shells open.

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Mussels

Pasta Shells

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Remove from heat; discard any unopened shells.

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Pasta Shells

Place mussels in a bowl.

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Mussels

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Bowl

Add sliced red onion and spinach to wine mixture in pan; cook 1 minute or until spinach wilts. Divide spinach mixture among 4 plates; sprinkle evenly with bacon. Arrange mussels over the spinach mixture; drizzle evenly with any remaining wine mixture.

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Red Onion