Alton Brown is a real kitchen Macgyver, and once on Good Eats he showed us a great way to store lettuce, we now do it all the time. Thanks Alton!
- Place washed lettuce in a storage (gallon) size zip lock bag
- With the bag 3/4 closed, press all the air out
- Then, with a straw inserted into the bag, suck all the extra air out, squeezing the bag the whole time. It will become very flat, and vacuum-packed-like.
Pushing the air out
Sucking out the extra air
Look how flat it gets!
Vacuum packed lettuce will last MUCH longer than lettuce thrown into the crisper drawer
This technique can be used with any washed and dried green including: kale, collard greens, herbs, etc.
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2 Comments
I don’t know which is better, the tip or the 2nd picture.
Great tip and thanks for sharing it!