Wilted Lettuce Salad Recipe
This is a classic wilted lettuce salad recipe. It combines a hot dressing with cool lettuce and crisp bacon. It’s a quick and easy lunch. Add chopped hard-boiled eggs for a more substantial meal.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 123kcal
Ingredients
- 4 slices Bacon cut up
- 1/4 cup Apple Cider Vinegar Rice Vinegar or White Vinegar
- 2 tablespoons Water
- 2 Green Onions sliced or 1/4 of a Purple or Yellow Onion, chopped
- 8 cups of Lettuce torn or shredded
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1/4 teaspoon Pepper
- 2 teaspoons Sugar optional
- 1 Egg hard-boiled, chopped (optional)
Instructions
- In a large salad bowl, add the lettuce, green onions (if using), salt and pepper. Toss.
- Place cut up bacon pieces into a large skillet and cook until crisp. If using purple, sweet or yellow onion, cook with the bacon. Once bacon is done, remove and drain on paper towel on a plate.
- To the warm bacon grease and onions (if using purple or yellow onions) add the vinegar and water and sugar if using. Stir to mix the ingredients and dissolve the sugar.
- Pour the bacon dressing over the lettuce. Toss the salad.
- Sprinkle with the crisp bacon pieces and chopped hard-boiled egg, if using.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
If using Turkey Bacon, you'll need to add some fat for the dressing. Use any oil of your choice, add 2 tablespoons of fat to skillet.
The nutritional values don't include the optional items and should only be used as an estimate. Any changes to the recipe will change the nutritional values.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 serving | Calories: 123kcal | Carbohydrates: 4.3g | Protein: 7.7g | Fat: 8.2g