Bibb lettuce

Other Names:limestone lettuce, boston bibb

What is Bibb lettuce?

Bibb lettuce is a smaller butter head lettuce with soft leaves used primarily as a salad green but also works well as a wrapper for foods. This lettuce is easy to grow at home and you can grow it from seed or get plant starts from the nursery.

Substitute for Bibb lettuce

Boston lettuce (larger leaves than bibb) Red or green leaf lettuce OR romaine lettuce (more crisp and firm)

Equivalents

1 medium head bibb lettuce = 4 cups torn

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Nutrition Information For Bibb lettuce

Serving Size

1 cup, shredded or chopped

Calories

Calories from Fat

% Daily Value^*

Total Fat 0g

Saturated Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0mg

Sodium 3mg

Potassium

131g

Total Carbohydrate 1g

Dietary Fiber 1g

Sugars 1g

Protein 1g

Vitamin A 0%	•	Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 0%	•	Iron 0%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Favorite Bibb lettuce Recipes

Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Filled with chicken, mushrooms, water chestnuts and carrots, these Chicken Lettuce Wraps from Kendra Doss of Smithville, Missouri
Steve's Szechwan Sausage Wraps
Steve's Szechwan Sausage Wraps combines pork sausage with black bean hot sauce, water chestnuts, green onions, peanuts, and carrots and serves the mixture in Bibb lettuce cups.

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