Watercress Salad
From elgourmand2 8 years ago
- 20 Min. to make
- Serves 4
Watercress is an under rated and under used veggie. Here it’s always easy to find, cheap and fresh as you could ask for. We use it for salads, in soups, stews or just fried. I have been eating watercress as long as I can remember. Read more My dad loved it and it was a common dish at our house. I give you the humble but delicious Watercress salad. See less
Ingredients
- • A decent bunch of watercress. Picked and cleaned to make about six cups, loosely packed. shopping list
- • 1 small onion, sliced thin or chopped. shopping list
- • Two or three strips of bacon, chopped. shopping list
- • Salt and FG pepper to taste. shopping list
How to make it
- Prep the goodies: Clean the watercress, slice or chop the onion and chop the bacon.
- 1. Clean and pick the watercress. You want the leaves and tender stems. Save the rest for veggie stock.
- 2. Put the watercress in a large salad bowl.
- 3. Chop the bacon.
- 4. Slice or chop the onion.
- 5. Fry the bacon in a medium skillet; cast iron if possible.
- 6. When the bacon is half cooked, add the onion.
- 7. Cook, stirring often, until onion is translucent and bacon is done.
- 8. Drizzle the hot bacon mixture over the watercress, tossing the cress as you go.
- 9. Serve warm.
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