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Fried lettuce anyone?

According to Zen-Noh (@zennoh_food), the National Federation of Agricultural Co-operative Associations in Japan, this year’s weather conditions have been favorable for cabbage, lettuce, and other vegetables. Harvests were good and the increased cultivation has led to cheaper vegetable prices at the supermarket.

Cabbage is an essential ingredient in many recipes like yakisoba, okonomiyaki, hoikoro, etc. And you’ll find Napa in most nabe dishes this winter.

But lettuce…well there’s salads right…hmm…what else?

Sandwiches! Yeah sure, but unless you are a fiend for sandwiches and salads, your head of lettuce is slowly going slimy in your fridge.

Luckily, there is someone who knows what to do with all that extra lettuce.

Zen-Noh is back at it again! We’ve featured Zen-Noh in several articles before.

(@zennoh_food) taught us how to avoid the skin when heating up milk, gave us a delicious recipe for persimmon pudding, and how to keep rice from going all crusty in the fridge.

Previous Articles Featuring The Wisdom of Zen-Noh

On December 22, 2020, Zen-Noh updated their official Twitter account (@zennoh_food) with a new way to eat lettuce.

Fried Lettuce

According to Zen-Noh, if you thought lettuce is only to be eaten raw, you’ve been missing out.

I’ll let the pictures do the talking.

Reproduced with permission from zennoh_food (@zennoh_food)

Reproduced with permission from zennoh_food (@zennoh_food)

Reproduced with permission from zennoh_food (@zennoh_food)

Reproduced with permission from zennoh_food (@zennoh_food)

Zen-Noh captioned their unique recipe as follows:

Believe it or not, grilled lettuce is delicious. Divide it into 4 equal parts, fry it in butter, and add your favorite topping to make a warm salad. To be honest, while I was cooking it, I was all worried like "Is it going to be a proper dish ...?" but I think it looks good on the plate and the warm crunchy texture isn’t bad either.

It’s certainly an interesting idea. And Twitter users echoed this sentiment, commenting on Zen-Noh’s recipe with the following:

Reactions From the Web

I didn’t know you could eat it like this. I’ll try it out when I have some extra lettuce!
What a luxurious way to eat lettuce. I can’t do this except for when it’s really cheap.
I live alone and am often faced with too much leftover lettuce. This recipe helps!
This is definitely delicious! I want to eat it with sesame dressing.

I think the butter and parmesan cheese combination seems like a good one.

Next time you’re facing down a head of lettuce, why don’t you try out this recipe?

By - Mujo.