Spicy Lettuce Noodles | Food Wishes

Hello, this is Chef John from Foodwishes.com with spicy lettuce noodles.

That's right, as Homer Simpson once said, you don't win friends with salad, which is true, but.

As I found out, you can win friends with lettuce served in a spicy, garlicky noodle dish like this, and.

To get started, we're going to take some hearts of romaine as well as some little gem, and.

We're going to go ahead and cut this into, like, one inch strips, and.

The reason I like these two varieties, besides that we're able to grow them here, is that they have a little rib that runs down the center of the leaf,

which is actually going to.

Stay crunchy even as the thinner parts get soft and flexible, which is what I think gives us the perfect textural combination, and.

As you can see, the best way to cut this is just to stack the leaves.

Together and then sort of roll them up a little bit and slice across, and.

For two generous portions, we're going to need to cut up about six ounces of lettuce total, so that's exactly what I did, and.

Once that's done, we'll set it aside and we'll head to the stove, where we will heat the vegetable oil of our choice over medium-high heat, and.

Once our oil is hot, we'll transfer in some sliced shallots.

Which could just be some sliced red onions, as well as some freshly chopped green onions, plus a very large amount of finely minced garlic, and.