Recipe: Perfect Creamed spinach and bacon
Creamed spinach and bacon. The spinach gets its creaminess from a béchamel sauce based on a flour and butter roux. Add the chopped bacon and sauté until. Savory creamed spinach flavored with onions and bacon.
Fold in spinach until warmed through and wilted. Transfer to serving dish and garnish with crispy bacon. My twins wouldn't eat anything that even resembled a vegetable, but they ate seconds and sometimes thirds of this fabulous spinach. You can have Creamed spinach and bacon using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Creamed spinach and bacon
- You need 1 packet of chopped spinach.
- It's 2 rashers of bacon (chopped into small pieces).
- Prepare Half of green pepper(chopped).
- You need Half of red pepper (chopped).
- You need 3 of full spoons of butter.
- Prepare 4 of full spoons of flour.
- It's 250 ml of milk.
- You need of Chicken spice.
- It's of Black pepper.
- It's 2 of cheese slices.
- You need 1 teaspoon of oil.
I received the recipe from a friend several years ago, and it's been part of my Thanksgiving menu ever since. Drain the spinach well and squeeze out excess moisture with your hands; chop finely and set aside. Fry the bacon in heavy skillet until crisp; remove, drain and chop. Sauté the onion and garlic in the bacon drippings; add flour, Seasoned Salt and pepper and blend thoroughly.
Creamed spinach and bacon instructions
- Boil your spinach until the water runs out and the spinach is fully cooked..
- Pour oil into a frying pan and fry your peppers. Add bacon and fry till it is well done..
- Place peppers and bacon in a seperate bowl..
- In the same frying pan add your butter and wait for it to melt. On the side mix flour and milk, stir until the mixture is smooth then add onto the butter. Add cheese and stir till it has melted. Then add your chicken spice..
- Add your spinach to the mixture and stir till everything is mixed together then add peppers and bacon. Then add your black pepper for flavour..
This Creamed Spinach with Bacon recipe is a traditional creamed spinach recipe taken to the next level with crisp bacon and gooey cheese. They are all about getting together with family, spending time together, and, if you're anything like my family, lots and lots of food! Heat a nonstick skillet over low heat. Transfer bacon to a paper-towel-lined plate to drain; reserve bacon fat. This skillet chicken has a delicious sauce, perfect for soaking bread or a side.