Bacon. Everybody loves it. I do too, but only as of late (gasp! I know).
I wasn't fed it much as a kid by my health-nut mother, who despite that fact, is a good cook and taught me much of my appreciation for food. I was irrationally afraid of it's fat content in high school. After that, the texture made me squeamish. But I always loved the way it smells. And recently, I have been falling in love with how it tastes.
It is as fun as it looks to assemble, you can have as many rows of bacon as you want. Keep in mind though, it does shrink significantly while it cooks, so start out with an area bigger than your bread. I baked it at 375 for about 20 minutes total, checking occasionally and flipping once.
This may have been the second or third BLT I have ever eaten. It was the first I've ever made. As I ate it, I could have sworn I'd died and gone to heaven.
The not-so-secret strategy I discovered online (thank you Mr.BaconPants) really tied the BLT together... or rather wove it together. The Bacon Weave.
It is as fun as it looks to assemble, you can have as many rows of bacon as you want. Keep in mind though, it does shrink significantly while it cooks, so start out with an area bigger than your bread. I baked it at 375 for about 20 minutes total, checking occasionally and flipping once.
Meanwhile, I prepped the lettuce, tomato, and avocado, and toasted both sides of my bread. (Sourdough is the obvious choice here, in my humble opinion.)
I melted pepperjack AND cheddar on one piece of bread (one half of the sandwich) by sticking it on the oven rack below the bacon for a few minutes, and dressed the other side with my personal ingenious spread/dip creation:
WING SAUCE + GOAT CHEESE
When the bacon was done, I drained it on some paper towels and in the meantime fried up two eggs. Flipping them to make sure the whites were cooked, I kept the yolks runny like I like them. A little S & P, and these babies were ready to be lanced and ooze all over a stacked BLT.
And finally, the moment of truth: the assembly. Really quite a personal moment, the "right" order is a subjective thing. No formula is necessary, though I usually consider the stability of the stack. My stack:
1.) Toast with goat cheese-wing sauce spread
2.) Bacon Weave
3.) Avocado
4.) Tomato
5.) Fried Egg
6.) Butter Lettuce
7.) Toast with melted cheddar/pepprjack
Served it up with a side of pickles/pickled okra!
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