VIDEO: How do you wash off an iceberg lettuce?

Since iceberg lettuce stays fresh for a long time, it can also be found in many households. However, the question arises again and again whether one should wash off iceberg lettuce or not. From a hygienic point of view or for your good conscience, you can wash it off. As a rule, however, iceberg lettuce is grown in greenhouses and does not come into contact with earth or sand.

This is how you wash off the iceberg lettuce properly

1. Iceberg lettuce is not washed off whole, only individual leaves.
2. Iceberg lettuce should always be washed off shortly before processing, otherwise it will be more susceptible and spoil faster.
3. Remove the outer leaves of the lettuce and rinse them under the tap water away.
4. Dab the leaves and remove the leaf veins and damaged areas.


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5. Cut the iceberg lettuce into fine strips.
6. When using whole heads, it is advisable to first halve or quarter the salad.
7. Then remove the outer leaves and the hard stalk.
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8. Fill the wash basin or kitchen sink with sufficient cold water.
9. The lettuce leaves are washed off by swimming.
10. Be careful not to press the lettuce too hard to avoid damaging it.
11. Put the washed lettuce in a salad spinner and gently spin dry.
12. Use the salad according to the recipe.
13. If you don't have a salad spinner, you can put the washed-off salad in a clean tea towel.
14. Gather the tea towel so that no lettuce can fall out.
15. Spin the lettuce dry in the tea towel.

If you have cut iceberg lettuce in the refrigerator want to store, put a moistened kitchen towel on the interface. Then wrap that salad not too tightly in cling film and store it in the vegetable drawer of your refrigerator.