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On a given day, unless I have intentionally purchased lettuce for a certain recipe – I will grab whatever is my fridge.

When making lettuce wraps, my favorite lettuces to use are iceberg, romaine and butter lettuce.

Red Leaf Lettuce – This type resembles romaine except in its tips, which have a red ir purple tinge.

It has few leaves, bolts quickly and produces seeds around 50 percent larger than other types of lettuce.

Oilseed – This type is grown for its seeds, which are pressed to extract an oil mainly used for cooking.

Celtuce is used in Asian cooking, primarily Chinese, as well as stewed and creamed dishes.

Celtuce / Stem – This type is grown for its seedstalk, rather than its leaves.These lettuces tend to be larger, bolt-resistant and well-flavored. Summercrisp lettuce is midway between the crisphead and leaf types. Summercrisp – Also called Batavian or French crisp.Butterhead lettuce has a loose arrangement of leaves, known for its sweet flavor and tender texture. Butterhead – Also known as Boston or Bibb lettuce and traditional in the UK as “round lettuce”.Romaine / Cos – Used mainly for salads and sandwiches, this type forms long, upright heads.Leaf – Also known as looseleaf, cutting or bunching lettuce This type of lettuce has loosely bunched leaves and is the most widely planted.Using lettuce as a tortillas instead of flour tortillas or corn tortillas opens up my keto taco game! Types of LettuceĪccording to Wikipedia, there are actually 7 main groups of lettuce.

With lettuce, you just wash, cut, fill with your favorite fillings and eat! But there in lies the question – what type of lettuce should I use for lettuce wraps? Let’s look at my top 3 favorite and dive into why each works well as a bread alternative.