Red Onion Salad

My kid loves salad.  She buys bagged salad at the store and bottled Italian dressing and eats it about 3 times a day.  Never mind the fact that she knows how to make all kinds of homemade dressings and vinaigrettes.  Typical kid, that would be too much trouble.  She will however, come RUNNING if there is any kind of salad for dinner.  Especially this one which contains her other two favorite ingredients:  bacon and hard-boiled eggs.  I have to admit the rest of us enjoyed it too.  Our little family of three managed to polish off a giant salad bowl of this stuff.  It's kind of a take on a wilted spinach salad, with the hot bacon dressing.  Only the salad doesn't get wilted and the dressing isn't hot.  What it is, is oh so good!
 

Leafy green salad with lots of egg, bacon and
red onion.  Yum!

The Red Onion Salad Line-Up

Beat egg.

Add vinegar.

Add sugar.



Mix well and heat over
low heat in saucepan until thickened.



Stir in bacon drippings.  Set aside to cool.

Meanwhile combine lettuce and red onion.

Add bacon and egg. 
Pour dressing over all, and toss
to combine.

Serve immediately.

Red Onion Salad
1/2 pound bacon, fried and crumbled (reserve drippings)
1 head lettuce (I used leafy green)
1 red onion, thinly sliced
2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped

Dressing
1egg
1/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons white vinegar
4 tablespoons reserved bacon drippings

To prepare the dressing, beat add.  Add sugar and vinegar.  Cook in saucepan over low heat until thickened, stirring constantly.  Stir in bacon drippings.  Cool.  Meanwhile combine lettuce, red onion, bacon and eggs.  Pour dressing over and toss well.

Prep Time:  Approximately 20 minutes     Cook Time:  Approximately 5 minutes