Bacon and asparagus salad

Recipes / Salads

With crunchy crumbs and salty bacon, this is the ultimate side salad.

Recipe «Bacon and asparagus salad» presented in category Recipes / Salads, to prepare this dish you will need no more 20 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 250g rindless bacon, trimmed, chopped, 2 tbsp olive oil, 1 garlic clove, crushed, 1 1/2 cups fresh, multigrain breadcrumbs, 4 bunches asparagus, trimmed , 200g butter beans, topped, 4 eggs, at room temperature .

Ingredients:

  • 250g rindless bacon, trimmed, chopped 
  • 2 tbsp olive oil 
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed 
  • 1 1/2 cups fresh, multigrain breadcrumbs 
  • 4 bunches asparagus, trimmed 
  • 200g butter beans, topped 
  • 4 eggs, at room temperature 

Instructions

  1. Place bacon into a frying pan. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring, for 5 to 6 minutes or until crispy. Drain on a paper towel. Wipe frying pan clean.
  2. Add oil and garlic to pan. Cook for 30 seconds. Add breadcrumbs. Cook, stirring, for 3 to 4 minutes or until golden. Remove from heat.
  3. Half-fill a non-stick frying pan with water. Bring to the boil. Add asparagus. Cook for 2 minutes or until just tender. Using a slotted spoon, remove to a bowl. Add beans to water. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes or until just tender. Drain. Add to asparagus.
  4. Cook eggs in a saucepan of boiling water for 2 1/2 minutes. Plunge into cold water.
  5. Add bacon and crumbs to asparagus mixture. Toss gently. Arrange on plates. Halve eggs. Spoon over salad.