When I worked at a deli, one of my jobs was to shred the lettuce for sandwiches and salads. It always seemed to take me forever to get it all done with a chef's knife, and the results weren't always very good. I wanted to have very finely shredded lettuce, but I still had large...
For lettuce wraps, remove leaves, trying your best to keep the whole leaf intact. For salads, tacos, burgers and sandwiches, chop, shred or slice the leaves. Create large lettuce wedges by cutting the head into quarters. You might also like: Food Focus: Types of Lettuce Lettuce has become...
Add iceberg lettuce, finely chopped onions, tomatoes, coriander leaves and the chicken. You can sprinkle some lime juice or chat masala to make it tangy. Add some finely chopped green chillies if you like your rolls to be spicy. Roll it tightly and serve. You can cover one end with alumi...
Shred This technique is often used in Chinese recipes, as well as with larger vegetables (i.e. cabbage, iceberg lettuce). Cut the head of the vegetable through the core into quarters. Place one section, flat-side-down, on a cutting board. Use a cleaver and slice into 1/8- to 1/4-...
So when I moved to California and starting expanding my fruit and vegetable repertoire (not a difficult task, when my chosen produce at the time consisted of apples, berries, and iceberg lettuce), what could be tastier, I thought, than the inside filling of a cookie fruited cake. Bleh. ...
I’ve often saidcabbage is one of the best buys of the produce section, because they’re so darn frugal AND packed with nutrition, although cabbage often gets a bad reputation because it looks like iceberg lettuce, and most people think iceberg lettuce is mostly water and not that many vita...
You can use fresh meat, but this is also a good opportunity to make use of leftovers. Add 1 pound of cooked ground beef, shredded pork, or chicken in small bite sized pieces over the top or mixed with the beans. 2 Bulk up on the cold toppings. Chop a little iceberg lettuce, add...
Shred or chop an iceberg lettuce leaf into thin strips. 5 Cook the beef patties. You can cook it however you wish and to your preference for doneness (rare to well done). 6 Toast the 3 buns. While the patties are frying, gently toast the buns. Do this to the both sides of the ...