Praline Bacon BLT Sandwiches

Who am I to tell you how to make a sandwich?

Oh… just a girl who loves bacon and brown sugar and toasted pecans.

I’ll tell you the secrets to the perfect BLT sandwich:  

candy the bacon // toast the bread // spice the mayo // add just about too much mayo to the sandwich // season the tomatoes // and the biggest secret of all: have someone else make the sandwich for you. 

Sandwiches taste best when someone else makes them. It’s just a law of the universe. Conversely, a sandwich is the most generous gift you can offer someone, besides diamonds. 

Now, in this, the strangest of all summers – we’re doing the most with the least.  We’re taking the most simple and delicious sandwich and taking it completely over the top just because… becasuse we can’t wear cute outfits and lipstick and hang out together this year. 

Here’s what you’ll need: 

•  thick sliced bacon – that good stuff.  

•  brown sugar, finely chopped pecans, and black pepper to praline our bacon. 

•  tomatoes – gosh if you have homegrown tomatoes that would be a dream! 

•  butter lettuce or really any green you prefer for your sandwich. 

•  salt and pepper to season our masterpiece.

•  sourdough slices or any bread you prefer. 

•  mayonnaise and hot sauce for flavor flair. 

First, line a rimmed baking sheet with foil and bake slices of bacon for 10 minutes or so.  

While the bacon bakes, mix together the praline topping.  

Sprinkle it atop the partially baked bacon and… here’s where it gets good! 

The bacon will bake to crisp, browned, bubbling, and completely pralined.  

It’s candy. It’s bacon. It’s everything we want. It’s all about to go on our sandwich.  

Now here’s the thing, we’re asking everything from this sandwich.  We want sweet, spicy, salty – we want it all.  

Add hot sauce (I love Crystal here) and a sprinkle of garlic powder to the mayonnaise to add a spicy bite to compliment the candied bacon.  

Season the sliced tomatoes with salt and pepper to accentuate their flavor.  

I also like to allow the tomatoes to rest on a few sheets of paper towel to absorb some of their liquid before adding to the sandwich.  

Toast the bread or don’t – however you want to live. 

Smear generously with spicy mayonnaise.  

Layer bacon, butter lettuce, and seasoned tomatoes.  Pile it as high as your hunger.  

Simple, yet completely extra. 

That’s what we’re doing this summer.  We’re doing the most with the very least.  This sandwich says it all.  

Photos with my dear Jon Melendez. 

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