Wilted Lettuce With Bacon - cooking recipe

Ingredients

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)

Preparation

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.