Wilted lettuce salad bacon recipe

This old-fashioned wilted lettuce salad (aka kilt lettuce) is served with a tangy hot bacon dressing. It's a very simple salad to prepare and a Southern classic. Try it with your favorite hardy greens.

Don't let the name fool you - Wilted Lettuce Salad is a light and refreshing (not soggy!) salad that's packed with flavor. Easy to make!

This wilted lettuce salad recipe is so easy to make with a quick homemade bacon dressing. Serve it as a side dish or a main dish salad.

Our Spinach Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing combines baby spinach, eggs, bacon, mushrooms, and red onion, all tossed in a warm bacon dressing.

Place salad ingredients into a very large bowl. (I put mine into a 13 cup size Tupperware bowl.) In another bowl, add the creamy dressing ingredients. Stir thoroughly to...

🥓🥗 Savor the classic flavors of our Bacon Wilted Lettuce Salad, featuring crispy Wahlburgers Hickory Smoked Bacon and a tangy warm dressing. Perfect for a quick and delicious meal! This Bacon Wilted Lettuce Salad combines the smoky richness of Wahlburgers Hickory Smoked Bacon with a tangy warm dressing, creating a comforting and flavorful dish perfect for any meal. Enjoy the simplicity and deliciousness of this classic salad!

Have you ever had a Southern wilted lettuce salad? It was always one of my favorite salads growing up, but I got out of the habit of making them.

A southern classic, wilted lettuce salad was the way grandmothers used to make do with what they had but the combination of bacon grease (yes that's what I said), vinegar, and sugar makes the most divine dressing served warm over greens.

'I remember my grandmother making this wonderful 'wilted' salad with leaf lettuce from her garden and serving it with a creamy dressing,' recalls Rose Shawyer of Otterbein, Indiana.