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Mother’s Dutch family recipe · Printable
Dutch Lettuce
Ingredients
- 6–8 potatoes, peeled
- ½ head lettuce, chopped
- ¼ to ½ cup vinegar
- 6 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
- 1 pound bacon, fried
Notebook directions
- Fry bacon and remove from pan; let cool and crumble.
- Add vinegar and mix well.
- Mix eggs and lettuce in a Dutch oven.
- Add potatoes and mix well.
- Pour vinegar and bacon over, then mix.
- Warm in a 350°F oven for 20–30 minutes.
Family notes
Handed down through the author’s mother’s Dutch family. The author made this dish many times and regularly requested it when visiting her mother. The finished dish is essentially mashed potatoes with lettuce and chopped eggs mixed in, with pieces of bacon throughout. The author remembers it as delicious despite its unassuming appearance.
Family clarification: the potatoes are mashed, and the family’s default oven temperature is 350°F unless a recipe states otherwise.