Extra-Crispy BLT Recipe (2024)

OK, I'm going to stick up for the much-maligned iceberg lettuce. Nothing beats it for the juicy crunch. And despite reports to the contrary, it does have flavor. The other leafy lettuces are great too and have their applications, but iceberg remains the best. Thanks. I feel better now. Been keeping that in a long time....

OR, use a tasty white bread (such as your homemade sourdough or TJ's Canadian White Bread) and ALWAYS put the tomatoes next to the mayonnaise that has been smeared liberally on the still-warm toasted bread.Seriously, it's YOUR sandwich. I like mine as just described, because I want the tomato/mayonnaise combination to soak into the crusty sourdough bread. Ali's offering a strategy that works to make the sandwich have plenty of crunch. Yours is yours...

Never put the tomatoes next to the bread!

Nothing better that a wonderful BLT!!

I'm with you on not using iceberg (I grow all kinds of wonderful leaf lettuce), but Hellman's mayo is the way I roll, never Miracle Whip.

My daughter and I substitute avocado for the tomato. She isn't a big tomato fan. A good substitute for the contrast between the bacon and tomato.

The tomatoes have to be next to the mayonnaise. So they’ll have to be next to the bread.

I can appreciate the avocado (I refer to the sandwich as a BLAT), but without the T, all you have left is a BLA :)

Peope, people, people! It’s Duke’s Mayonnaise all the way!

I just cook mine in the microwave between stacks of paper towels. 3-5 minutes and you get nice crispy, brown bacon slices with all the rendered fat soaked into the paper towels for easy disposal.

I make a PBLT , ( peanut butter, bacon , lettuce and tomato)Peanut butter on one piece of toast and mayo on the other. A real meal for summer or any time

before i do anything else, i put my slices of tomato on a plate and add some balsamic vinegar and let that sit while i prep everything else. also agree with note about using better lettuce than iceberg. i also sometimes use horseradish sauce instead of mayo. i like my BLT to have maximum flavor.

To take a BLT to the next level, add avocado. BLAT is where it's at. Sorry Mom, I know I just stranded a preposition.

BLTs demand iceberg for the crunchy factor and Hellman’s Mayo (gotta be Hellman’s).Dijon mustard? What?? Balsamic on the maters? Oh no! Love the ‘slabs’ of iceberg.Hint: a work-around for flavorless grocery-store tomatoes? Use almost-always-available, decent cherry tomatoes. Cut ‘em up, squish out the seeds and liquid, mix with your Hellman’s, salt and pepper. Voila!

MINI BLT's We make mini BLT's using a thinly sliced, fresh French baguette, with a slather of mayo on both pieces of bread, a large slice of garden tomato with salt and pepper, a piece of crisped bacon (broken in half or crumbled), topped with of fresh salad greens, and another slice of bread. A couple of these mini sandwiches are a quick summer lunch and are more manageable to eat.

Yes to tomato next to the bread/mayo!And don’t forget the avocado, mashed into the other slice! Seriously summer.

We love a BLT, but we do it our way.- Hormel, fully cooked, heat and serve, in a black carton, 10 slices per carton, 5 slices laid out on waxed paper in 2 layers, 3-4 slices per sandwich, 15 seconds in the microwave, Best of all pre-cooked bacons, even so-called super premium brands.- Sprouts, not lettuce. Sprouts are full of nutrition, flavor, crunch, and easily last a week in the fridge. Lettuce wilts quickly, has zero nutrition and slides off the bread.

once or twice during the summer

Once or twice during the summer, when tomatoes are at their peak, I make BLTs. These were extraordinarily delicious! I’ll be using the oven technique from here on in. After this it will be a slice of turkey on T’giving and a little lamb on Easter. This rates right up there with the holiday dinners

Yes to extra crispy bacon; sourdough toast; tomatoes in the middle; sorry-arugula, not lettuce, for the zing; and 1/2 mayo, 1/2 maple bacon aioli for the condiments. In the summer, I sub spicy radish micro greens (zing AND crunch) from the farmer’s market for arugula. Yum!

Must be a garden tomato, coarsely cracked pepper and real smokehouse bacon such as Nueske’s, and if you don’t have time to make aioli, kick the mayo up a notch by stirring in a little tarragon or champagne vinegar and pop it into the fridge to let the flavors meld while you prepare the other ingredients. And a BLT demands a sturdy white bread.

Dry the tomato slices by patting both sides with paper towel. I usually lay them on the paper towel and fold over to pat the top. It takes a lot of the water out, so your sandwich won’t get soggy. Other than *always* toasting the bread for a BLT, these are the only improvements I can offer from this recipe!

I made a little garlic paste and mixed it in with the mayo before slathering it on the bread. Delicious.

If you love the taste of bacon (and who doesn't), don't waste the bacon fat. Mop it up with the bread slices and then out it under the broiler to toast and proceed to make the best BLT you've ever had.

We like a mashed avocado with a dash of sriracha on one side and mayo on the other. It’s a BLAT. Yum.

Iceberg lettuce definitely for this sandwich. A BLT is not a BLT without crunch and leaf lettuces just don't do it. Put aside the nutrient content for this sandwich, for sure. And... Duke's, all the way.

i've always liked BLTs but felt there was a little something missing… What was a game changer for me was adding some jalapeño salsa on top of the mayo. mrs. Renfro's green salsa is The one for me. It's full of the flavor of a jalapeño without too much heat. I also like to substitute arugula for regular lettuce

One of the best breads for BLTs is Italian bread. Had one last night with generic white loaf from WF and it just didn’t work as well. Sad sandwich eater…

Made this wonderful sandwich last night, just as written except didn't toast the bread, and have to say iceberg sliced to 1/2 inch thickness was truly "da bomb." Nothing beats the crunch of iceberg. The most satisfying BLT ever. I could eat a cup of mayonnaise all by itself, but do recommend putting it on this sandwich instead. It is heavenly. Thanks, Ali, for adjusting my old method.

correction: To me the weakest part of a BLT is the toast. I give it that extra crunch by lightly brushing bacon grease on one side of each piece of bread before toasting. The bacon grease side goes on the outside.