Quick and Easy Creamed Bacon Spinach

Name: Quick and Easy Creamed Bacon Spinach
Total time: 35
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 ⅔ tablespoons butter; 1 ½ large white onions, finely chopped; 6 slices bacon, cut into 1 inch pieces; 2 cloves garlic, minced; ½ cup all-purpose flour; 1 ½ teaspoons salt; ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper; 2 ½ cups milk; 3 (10 ounce) packages frozen chopped spinach - thawed, drained, and squeezed dry; ½ cup half-and-half

Recipe by mommy_of_six from allrecipes.com

Dinner,Side Dish 35 Mins.

Ingredients

6 servings

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2 ⅔ tablespoons butter
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1 ½ large white onions, finely chopped
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6 slices bacon, cut into 1 inch pieces
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2 cloves garlic, minced
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½ cup all-purpose flour

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1 ½ teaspoons salt
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¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
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2 ½ cups milk
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3 (10 ounce) packages frozen chopped spinach - thawed, drained, and squeezed dry
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½ cup half-and-half

Instructions

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.