Lettuce Wedge Salad

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- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 4 -6 slices bacon (may substitute with turkey bacon)
- 1 medium onion, sliced
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1⁄2 cup sour cream
- 1 (1 ounce) envelope ranch dressing mix
- 1⁄4 cup chopped fresh basil
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 head iceberg lettuce, cut into 4 wedges
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Garnish
- shredded basil
directions
- Cook bacon in a large skillet until crisp; remove bacon, drain on paper towels, reserving 1 teaspoon drippings in the skillet.
- Crumble bacon and set aside.
- Saute onion in hot drippings in skillet over medium heat for 10 minutes or until tender and lightly browned.
- Remove onions from heat; cool.
- Process buttermilk and the next 4 ingredients in a blender or food processor until smooth, stopping a few times to scrape down sides.
- Stir in onion.
- Top each lettuce wedge with dressing; sprinkle with bacon.
- Garnish, if desired with a bit of shredded basil.
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Reviews
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I am a HUGE fan of salad wedges and am always searching for variations. This dressing has a nice refreshing flavor, that my DH and I really enjoyed. After trying it I decided that I just could not live without some crumbled gorgonzola, so I added some on my wedge (my husband does not do moldy cheese). Very good!
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This happens to be my most favorite salad in all the world. And this brought it all back home, when I prepared this for lunch. I made this for one serving and this was perfect that way. I just used 1 slice of uncured bacon, and some thinly sliced red onion. The dressing went together in a snap, and all was well with the world! This certainly is a time tested recipe that has stood the test of time. Thank you for posting this, Fauve! It was perfect...:D
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