Wilted Lettuce With Bacon

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 5 slices bacon, chopped
• 1 head red leaf lettuce, torn
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour (optional)

Recipe

Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 25 mins


• place bacon in a large skillet; cook and stir over medium-high heat until evenly browned and crispy, about 10 minutes. add lettuce; cook and stir in the bacon grease until lettuce wilts, 2 to 3 minutes. mix buttermilk, salt, and pepper into bacon-lettuce mixture; cook and stir until buttermilk sauce thickens, 5 to 10 minutes. whisk flour into sauce if needed to thicken.