Surely, you’ve heard about people eating dandelion leaves. But, how many people actually have? What about you? The answer is very few of us have ever even given it a thought, let alone seen it as an item on the dinner plate. The inner leaves of dandelions grown for consumption are surprisingly not bitter. Thus, we dug deep to find this almost lost Onion and Dandelion Salad recipe. We hope you enjoy it.
Important Tip: Don’t go out in your yard, to pick dandelions in your lawn for a salad. They are bitter. The leaves of Dandelions grown for salads are loosely tied together, so the inner leaves blanch to a creamy yellow-white color. It is these inner leaves that are not bitter.
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6 Tablespoons bacon grease
4 1/2 quarts of dandelion leaves, washed and trimmed
2 onions, peeled and sliced
1/2 cup cider vinegar
one half teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Trim the stems from the dandelions.
Rinse the leaves well and then drain the leaves.
In a large saucepan, warm the bacon grease on medium heat.
Add the dandelion leaves and onions, stirring frequently for about 3 minutes.
Add vinegar, salt, and pepper, and mix in.
Cover and simmer for 15 minutes, or until leaves are tender.
Serve the Onion and Dandelion Salad while it is still hot.
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