butter lettuce
noun
: a lettuce (such as Bibb or Boston lettuce) with a soft loose head of tender oily mild-flavored leaves
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The seafood cocktail is served in a buttery avocado half next to some hearts of butter lettuce.
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Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
Add the butter lettuce, spinach, watercress, arugula and garlic, and cook, stirring frequently, for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the vegetables are wilted.
—Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2024
Now Uh and wife Mina Park focus on a succinct $110 tasting menu, served at a just-right pace designed for Angelenos, with centerpieces like skate wing ssam cradled in butter lettuce with fresh herbs and brightening slicks of gooseberry emulsion and seaweed remoulade.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
The leafy greens — spinach, butter lettuce, arugula and watercress — will wilt quickly when they’re placed in liquid.
—Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2024
For example, a rich, thick Caesar dressing might overpower delicate spinach or butter lettuce, but taste great drizzled over sturdy kale or grilled romaine.
—Audrey Bruno, SELF, 15 Mar. 2024
Fried Soft Shell Sliders ($17) Off the Hot & Shareable portion of Mizu’s menu, these spicy crab bites come with lemon caper aioli and butter lettuce.
—Jessica Swannie and, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
His variation — butter lettuce rather than the usual romaine, actually ripe tomato, a judicious amount of crisped bread, the right zing of pomegranate molasses in the dressing — shows thoughtful restraint.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
Serve it with any crackers or to cut the carbs, serve the dip with little gem or butter lettuce leaves, like a lettuce wrap.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 8 Jan. 2024
Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
Add the butter lettuce, spinach, watercress, arugula and garlic, and cook, stirring frequently, for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the vegetables are wilted.
—Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2024
Now Uh and wife Mina Park focus on a succinct $110 tasting menu, served at a just-right pace designed for Angelenos, with centerpieces like skate wing ssam cradled in butter lettuce with fresh herbs and brightening slicks of gooseberry emulsion and seaweed remoulade.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
The leafy greens — spinach, butter lettuce, arugula and watercress — will wilt quickly when they’re placed in liquid.
—Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2024
For example, a rich, thick Caesar dressing might overpower delicate spinach or butter lettuce, but taste great drizzled over sturdy kale or grilled romaine.
—Audrey Bruno, SELF, 15 Mar. 2024
Fried Soft Shell Sliders ($17) Off the Hot & Shareable portion of Mizu’s menu, these spicy crab bites come with lemon caper aioli and butter lettuce.
—Jessica Swannie and, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
His variation — butter lettuce rather than the usual romaine, actually ripe tomato, a judicious amount of crisped bread, the right zing of pomegranate molasses in the dressing — shows thoughtful restraint.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
Serve it with any crackers or to cut the carbs, serve the dip with little gem or butter lettuce leaves, like a lettuce wrap.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 8 Jan. 2024
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“Butter lettuce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/butter%20lettuce. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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