How To Turn even Wilted Lettuce into Super Crispy Lettuce

Ingredients to Make Crisp Lettuce:

Directions to Make Crisp Lettuce:

First of all, when shopping for iceberg lettuce, look for a nice heavy feeling head of lettuce that is tightly packed together. You can start with a very wilted head of lettuce and end up with crispy, crunchy sheets of goodness that you might be tempted to just eat all by themselves! If packaged in cellophane, discard the wrapping.

• Place the core on the bottom of the head and then slam it upon a counter, the core should pop right out.


• Peel off and toss any discolored outer leaves.


• Place the lettuce into a large bowl of COLD water and rinse, then drain. Repeat this step a few times.


• Fill the bowl with fresh cold water and add ¼ cup of vinegar, begin to swish the lettuce in the vinegar and water solution. The vinegar will remove some of the microbials (a bacterium that causes disease), dry any slimy mucus and crisp the lettuce – all at the same time.


• Drain and rinse the head again with plain cold water. Finally, drain the lettuce on paper towels or a clean dry towel.


• Pat the head dry and then refrigerate it in a bowl with a lid. In about one hour, you will have crunchy, crisp, fabulous lettuce.

This newly crisped lettuce is now ready to use in your recipe or just eat and enjoy. You can actually hear the crunch with each bite of this newly crisped lettuce, almost like potato chips!

STORE your crispy lettuce covered (you can just put saran wrap on your bowl) in the refrigerator. How long does crispy lettuce last? If you keep your new crispy lettuce cold and sealed it will last for three to four days in the fridge.