This Warm Spinach Bacon Salad with Chicken transforms leftover chicken into a whole new meal that’s perfect for lunch or dinner.
Hi Friends!
Quick post today because this mama is tired and battling heartburn like you wouldn’t believe…but I just had to pop in and share this recipe with you. I hesitate to even call it a recipe actually….it could probably be more accurately titled “a 10 minute way to transform leftover chicken into a new meal”. And it just might become your new go-to lunch option if you’re a work-from-home mama who is a fan of food prep (like me!).
Speaking of food prep, are you following me on SnapChat (leangreenbean1)? Yesterday morning I snapped my whole food prep session! Anyways, grilling up a bunch of chicken breasts is one of my food prep staples, especially in the summer. That leaves me with fully cooked chicken that I can use on sandwiches, in casseroles, etc throughout the week.
Sometimes, like last week, I get a little overzealous and cook a bit too much chicken. I ended up dicing and freezing some to use in soups and casseroles when baby comes….but I also whipped up this tasty concoction for lunch one day. Guys, it’s so easy. It’s literally ready in under 10 minutes and is SO tasty!
Here’s what you do:
PrintWarm Spinach Bacon Salad with Chicken
This Warm Spinach Bacon Salad with Chicken transforms leftover chicken into a whole new meal that’s perfect for lunch or dinner.
- Prep Time: 2 minutes
- Cook Time: 7 minutes
- Total Time: 9 minutes
- Yield: serves 2
Ingredients
- 2 strips bacon, diced
- 1/2 cup diced onion
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms
- 4 cups fresh baby spinach
- 6 ounces cooked chicken, sliced
- 2 hard boiled eggs
- 1 large peach, sliced
- balsamic vinegar for drizzling.
Instructions
- Add bacon, mushrooms and onions to a small pan and saute for 5 min over medium high heat.
- Add spinach and saute until wilted.
- Divide onto two plates, top each with 3 ounces of chicken, 1 egg and peach slices.
- Drizzle with balsamic vinegar and serve.
A few notes:
- You can serve this with the chicken warm or cold. I like the contrast of the warm spinach with cold chicken but that’s just personal preferernce.
- If you don’t have peaches, strawberries would also be good.
- To change things up, try topping with a little mozzarella or feta if you’re a cheese lover like me!
You’ll notice I skipped the balsamic drizzle in these pictures because it’s hard to make that look pretty 🙂
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Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
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We always grill up lots of chicken on the weekends in the summer and look for salads and other ways to repurpose! I love spinach so this will be great!
Love this take on a cobb salad, perfect way to use up chicken 🙂
This looks amazing! Your meal prep on snapchat was awesome. You’ve motivated me so much to get meals or at least parts of meals prepped on weekends so the week days aren’t as busy! Ugh I hear you on the heartburn, the only thing that helped while I was pregnant was milk….lol…I drank a TON of mlik! Hope it gets better soon!
WOW! This looks amazing! I love spinach salads but never thought to serve it warm!
This salad looks so good! Spinach and bacon is always a good combination.
LOVE everything about this salad, especially that is so versatile too! Thanks for sharing!
This is my kind of salad! Love the added peaches on there!
Oooh I love this! I’ve done similar things with apples, but the peach addition is SO summery and fresh. Hope you feel better soon!
I always prep chicken breasts so the hubs can grab something for lunch when I’m not home so this will be a perfect use for them!
enjoy!
i love the idea of using up grilled chicken with peaches. yum yum yum