This salad was created out of desperation.
I literally had nothing in the house to go with grilled chicken breasts. I always have baby arugula, couldn't be without it, so that was a start.
Frozen corn and Oscar Meyer bacon to the rescue.
Salad:
1 bag of prewashed baby arugula
1 cup of frozen corn, defrosted
chopped green onions or sliced red onion (whatever you have on hand)
4 slices of bacon, cut into 1" pieces
Dressing:
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp white balsamic vinegar
salt & pepper
fresh basil leaves for garnish
In a seasoned cast iron skillet, cook the corn and bacon in some vegetable oil, about 7 minutes on high heat until the bacon is crisp and the corn is getting nice and charred. Put aside.
Chop the arugula into bite size pieces and when the corn and bacon is no longer hot, add to the salad with the onions.
Just before serving add the dressing (the olive oil, vinegar, salt & pepper).
Season with chopped fresh basil and serve immediately.
I served this on top of grilled chicken breasts and it was the bomb!
Enjoy.
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11 comments:
I'd be diving right into that salad! Desperation salads are some of the best!
I think I'll have to steal that idea! WOW
Yum! YOU'RE the bomb!
I love that we are both baby arugula lovers! And more than that, I love this salad!
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oh.. so nice post.)
Love your blog.))
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I now spend a survey of bloggers with such questions.
1. Why did you create a blog?
2. For whom you taking him? Want to be popular?
3. How long will it keep going?
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Bacon? Yum! This is my sinful indulgence.
Arugula by itself would be fine with me (or topped with shaved parmesan) but your bacon takes it over the top.
This just really appeals to me - I'm making it this weekend for sure!
Out of desperation or not. This sounds like an awesome salad!
Ah yes, desperation, the mother of invention...works every time!
This is my kind of salad. It's a must-make!
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