Quick And Easy Creamed Bacon Spinach

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 2/3 tablespoons butter
• 1 1/2 large white onions, finely chopped
• 6 slices bacon, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 2 1/2 cups milk
• 3 (10 ounce) packages frozen chopped spinach - thawed, drained, and squeezed dry
• 1/2 cup half-and-half

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 35 mins


• heat butter in a large skillet over medium heat. cook and stir onion, bacon, and garlic until bacon is crisp, 5 to 7 minutes.
• whisk flour, salt, and black pepper into onion mixture until blended and the flour and drippings form a paste, 1 to 2 minutes.
• slowly whisk milk into onion mixture. bring to a boil, continuously whisking, until sauce is thick and creamy, 3 to 5 minutes.
• stir spinach and half-and-half into sauce; cook until spinach is heated through, 4 to 6 minutes.