The Best BLT. Indeed, a better name for the BLT might well be the Tomato Club, for it is the perfect tomato, not the bacon, that is the rarest, the most ephemeral, the most singularly delicious ingredient. A BLT is not a democracy. It is not a committee meeting.
How is it that we're creeping up on Labor Day and I've yet to write about BLTs?
I mean, seriously—seems like someone has been shirking his responsibilities.
Instructions Wash lettuce, dry and cut into thin shreds.
You can have The Best BLT using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of The Best BLT
- Prepare 6 slice of of French bread.
- It's 2 tbsp of of butter.
- Prepare 3 tbsp of of real mayo.
- Prepare 10 of strips of bacon, cut in half.
- You need 4 slice of of medium or sharp cheddar cheese or enough to cover the bread.
- Prepare 4 of leafs of green leaf lettuce.
- Prepare 8 slice of of tomatoes.
- Prepare of Try California style.
- It's 6 slice of of avacado. This is my favorite way!.
- It's of Try Breakfast style.
- It's 4 of eggs fried over easy (yolk runny, white cooked).
Cook bacon until crisp, drain on paper towel and set aside. Toast bread until lightly browned, butter if desired and set aside. The BLT (bacon, lettuce, tomato) is a true classic, great for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Make the perfect sandwich every time with this recipe..
The Best BLT instructions
- Lay bacon flat on a griddle or large frying pan and fry till golden crispy.
- Meanwhile butter 1 side of each slice of bread.
- Drain bacon on paper towel. Dump grease and wipe pan with a paper towel..
- Heat same griddle on med heat and toast bread starting with the butter side down. Flip bread and place cheese on 4 slices. Toast till golden on each side..
- If you want egg, while bread is toasting fry eggs in a small amount of butter in a non stick skillet..
- Place 5 half strips of bacon evenly on top of cheese, then lettuce, 2 slices of tomato, grind some pepper on tomato, spread mayo on top slice of bread and wallah!.
- For California style: layer bacon on top of cheese, lettuce, tomato, ground pepper on tomato, then 1 and 1/2 slices of avacado, or enough to cover bread then mayo on top slice and press down gently. The avacado against the mayo keeps it from slipping out..
- For Breakfast style: Place egg on top of cheese, then bacon, lettuce, tomato, ground pepper and spread mayo on top slice. ENJOY!.
The Best Tomatoes for BLTs If bacon's the boss of the BLT, then ripe, juicy tomatoes are the chairman of the BLT board. Thick slices of tomato provide the essential juicy counterpart and soft mouthfeel to the crispy, flavorful bacon. The best tomatoes are large, dense, slicing tomatoes, preferably heirloom, and obviously in season. So simple, and yet so many subtle differences transform "good" to "world's best." the way a sandwich is assembled is key to how good it tastes. A gread sandwich is never dry (too bready).