Recipe: Wilted Lettuce Salad with Bacon

Here’s another quick, super simple, and fresh side dish for you: Wilted Lettuce Salad. Bacon is the magic ingredient in this salad. This is a quick and fresh salad that uses warm bacon fat to make a delicious dressing. By pouring it over while still hot, the salad greens wilt, creating an amazing texture and flavor.

If you want to download this to your computer, here’s a PDF of it: Wilted Lettuce Salad (PDF).

Ingredients:

¼ lb baby greens
1 strip bacon, chopped
1 hard-boiled egg, chopped
2 green onions, chopped
½ tsp honey
½ tsp garlic powder
½ tsp pepper
½ tbsp red wine vinegar

Directions:

1. Cook bacon to desired doneness.
2. Top greens with warm bacon, hard-boiled egg, and onions.
3. In a small bowl, stir together bacon fat with honey, garlic, pepper, and vinegar. Pour over greens.

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