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| Name: | Sour Lettuce | Contributor: | Chris Denzler |
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| Description: | Sour Lettuce | Posted: | 1994-08-19 |
| Key words: | bacon, vinegar | Category: | Salads |
| ID: | 86 | Updated: | 2006-04-08 21:24:00 |
| Ingredients: | 1 head red leaf lettuce
3-4 green onions 4-5 strips bacon, cut in 1" pieces some vegetable oil ~1/3 c brown sugar ~1/4 c red wine or blueberry vinegar |
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| Preparation: | Wash and cut up the leaf lettuce and put in a bowl. Dice the green onions and place *on top* of the lettuce.
Cut the bacon up into about 1" pieces, fry until brown. Drain off bacon grease and replace it with an equal amount of vegetable oil, or a little less. Reheat the bacon in the oil until the bacon is sizzling again. Put the brown sugar in a cup. Do not pack it down. Add red wine or vinegar until it covers the top of the brown sugar, or a bit more. Stir into a slurry. Add brown sugar and vinegar mixture to the sizzling bacon. Be careful to watch your bacon/oil temperature or you could have splashing oil! Bring to a boil. Pour the boiling mixture over the green onions. The boiling stuff will cook the green onions just a tiny bit...That's why you left them on top of the lettuce. Toss, and serve immediately. |
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