Lettuce-Wedge Salad

By dmscott52

First made 9-18-09 and is excellent. Taken from myrecipes.com.

Ingredients

• 4 to 6 bacon slices
• 1 medium onion, sliced
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 (1 ounce) envelope Ranch-style dressing mix
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil (optional)
• 1 clove garlic (mince before adding to blender)
• 1 large iceberg lettuce, cut into 4 wedges

Details

Servings 4

Preparation

Step 1

1. Cook bacon in a large skillet until crisp; remove bacon, and drain on paper towels, reserving 1 tsp. drippings in skillet. Crumble bacon, and set aside.

2. Saute onion in hot drippings in skillet over medium heat 10 minutes or until tender and lightly browned. Remove from heat; cool.

3. Process buttermilk and next 4 ingredients in a blender or food processor until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides. Add onion and process.

4. Top each lettuce wedge with dressing; sprinkle with bacon.