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Steakhouse Style Creamed Spinach with Bacon

This gluten free steakhouse style creamed spinach with bacon is the perfect low carb side dish for any meal!
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword gluten free, keto
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Calories 432kcal
Author Sara

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs Frozen Spinach
  • 4 strips Bacon
  • 1 Yellow Onion diced
  • 3 cloves Garlic minced
  • 2 Tbls Gluten Free All Purpose Flour
  • 2 cups Heavy Cream
  • 1/2 cup Grated Parmesan
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1/8 tsp Crushed Red Pepper Flakes

Instructions

  • Place the frozen spinach in a medium saucepan with 1 cup of water, bring to a boil and reduce to simmer
    Cover and let cook for 5 minutes, then break it up with a spoon. Cover again for another 5-7 minutes until done. Then strain out the liquid
    Once it is cool enough to handle, place the spinach in cheesecloth or a thin tea towel and squeeze all the liquid out and set aside
  • In a large skillet, cook the bacon and remove from pan. When it is cool enough to handle, chop into pieces
    Remove all but 2 Tbls of the bacon fat and add in the onion, garlic, salt and pepper flakes
    Cook for 3 minutes over medium/low heat while stirring
    Add in the flour and stir to coat the onions, cook for another 3 minutes
  • Pour in the heavy cream and bring to a gentle boil, then reduce to a simmer
    Once the sauce begins to thinken, stir in the parmesan cheese until it is fully melted into the sauce
    Then stir in the spinach and chopped bacon until combined
  • Remove from heat and add salt and pepper to taste (if needed)
    Enjoy!

Notes

Flour - I use gluten free all purpose flour, but you can use regular all purpose flour if you do not need this recipe to be gluten free. If you want to lower the carb count and still keep it gluten free, you can use Xanthan gum, just start with 1 Tbls and add more if needed.
Bacon - I get my bacon from ButcherBox, it is the best quality bacon and it is all I use.
This is the perfect dish to make ahead of time. It reheats so easily in the microwave or oven and the flavor gets even better over time!

Nutrition

Calories: 432kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 39g | Saturated Fat: 22g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 126mg | Sodium: 465mg | Potassium: 656mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 18986IU | Vitamin C: 11mg | Calcium: 348mg | Iron: 3mg