I helped develop and style a series of 5 recipes for Local Roots to help showcase their meat CSA. All of the products at their markets are sourced within 2 hours of New York City, meaning everything is super fresh.
Turkey bacon gets a bad wrap. It can get just as crispy and salty as its pork counterpart. I know it’s not the same as the fatty squish of pork fat, but it can surely stand in on a classic wedge salad. Enjoy double the protein with a hard-boiled egg and creamy blue cheese dressing.
Turkey Bacon Wedge Salad
Serves 4
Things you'll need | |
1 head iceberg lettuce, quartered 4 slices turkey bacon 1 tablespoon vegetable oil | 2 hard boiled eggs, peeled then chopped roughly 2 tablespoons sliced almonds Blue cheese dressing (recipe here!) |
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Separate the turkey bacon slices and layout in a single layer on a baking sheet. Drizzle the vegetable oil over the slices.
Bake the bacon for 10 to 15 minutes until crisp and no longer limp when you lift them with tongs.
Remove the bacon from the oven and let cool on a paper towel-lined plate for 5 to 10 minutes.
Chop the turkey bacon into small pieces.
To assemble the salad, place a wedge of lettuce on 4 plates. Dollop two spoonfuls of dressing over the lettuce. Sprinkle the egg, almonds, and turkey bacon over each salad.
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