Southern Style Wilted Lettuce Salad Recipes

SOUTHERN WILTED LETTUCE SALAD WITH HOT BACON DRESSING

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Combine the shredded lettuce and chopped green onions in a large bowl. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• In a cast-iron or other frying pan, cook the bacon over medium-high heat until the desired doneness.
• Remove the bacon to paper towels to drain and reserve 2 tablespoons of the bacon drippings.
• Combine the bacon drippings, vinegar, and sugar in a saucepan and heat until it boils.
• Pour over the shredded lettuce mixture. Toss to mix. Crumble the bacon and add it on top. Serve at once.

WILTED LETTUCE SALAD

Steps:

• Clean and rip up lettuce into larger serving bowl.
• Chop onions and add to bowl with lettuce.
• Fry bacon until crisp in frying pan and drain on paper towels.
• Crumble bacon when cool.
• Add vinegar and water to bacon fat in frying pan and bring to boil.
• Pour boiling bacon grease and vinegar mixture over salad greens, stirring constantly while lettuce wilts.
• Mix well.
• Garnish with bacon bits before serving.

SOUTHERN STYLE WILTED LETTUCE SALAD

Steps:

• Fry fatback in a large skillet.
• Drain fatback on paper towels and reserve for eating!
• Cut heat off of skillet, but while still warm, add lettuce and onions until wilted.
• Serve with salt, pepper and vinegar as desired.

WILTED LETTUCE SALAD

Steps:

• Fry bacon until crisp; drain (saving drippings) and crumble.
• Place lettuce in a large bowl.
• top with onion, egg, and crumbled bacon.
• In a skillet put bacon drippings, vinegar, salt, pepper and sugar.
• Heat to boiling.
• Pour over lettuce in bowl and toss.
• Serve immediately.

WILTED LETTUCE SALAD

Steps:

• Place lettuce or spinache and onions in a large salad bowl.
• Sprinkle with pepper; set aside.
• In a large skillet, cook bacon until crisp.
• Do not drain off drippings.
• Stir in vinegar, lemon juice, sugar and salt.
• Pour over lettuce and toss gently until well coated.
• Top with hard-cooked egg.
• Serve immediately.

CLASSIC WILTED LETTUCE SALAD

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Using a slotted spoon, remove to paper towels to drain. , To the hot drippings, add the vinegar, water, onions, sugar, salt and pepper, stirring until sugar is dissolved. , Place lettuce in a salad bowl; immediately pour dressing over and toss lightly. Top with egg. Serve immediately.