How to Grill Lettuce + Simple Grilled Romaine Salad Recipe
Learn how to grill lettuce, an amazing way to transform romaine lettuce into something delicious! Grilling lettuce is simple and infuses it with smokiness and great flavor. You can top the salad with lemon and parmesan, or blue cheese and bacon!
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 2 heads of fresh and firm romaine lettuce cut vertically (you will have 4 halves)
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- kosher salt
- black pepper
- 1 lemon, cut in half
- 2 ounces fresh parmesan cheese, grated
Equipment
Instructions
- Make sure grates of grill are clean and turn to medium high.
- Brush lettuce halves liberally with 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil, cut side and back side. Then sprinkle each halve with 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt.
- Grill for 3 minutes, cut side down, pressing with your tongs to make sure the lettuce gets a good sear. Flip and grill for 2 more minutes.
- Remove from grill. Sprinkle with a touch more salt and 4 grinds of fresh black pepper for each half, drizzle with remaining olive oil. Then squeeze fresh lemon juice over each half.
- Use a grater to shave LOTS of fresh parmesan on each halve. Or, another great way to serve it is by crumbling blue cheese and bacon over the top. I also like to chop the grilled romaine heads up, then toss with cheater homemade caesar dressing and sourdough croutons or this flavorful Green Goddess Dressing! If you'd like to make it vegan, my 5-Minute Vegan Salad Dressing is so good it's drinkable, and would be an excellent way to finish the grilled lettuce.