BLT Salad

BLT Salad


Who doesn’t love a nice Bacon, Lettuce and grilled tomato sandwich.  So I figured who wouldn’t love it in salad form.  With charred bread croutons and fire roasted tomatoes, this was a salad for men and women alike.  Heck, the main ingredient is bacon.  Who could not love this salad.  After making it, I declare that all salads made by me have fire roasted tomatoes on them.  It was one of the most delicious salads I have ever eaten.

Bacon, Lettuce and Grilled Tomato Salad – (Adapted from Weber’s Charcoal Grilling)

  • 1/2 pound bacon, cut into bite sized pieces
  • 2 tbs minced shallots
  • 1 1/2 tbs red wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp fresh thyme or 1/2 tsp dried
  • 1/4 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/8 tsp freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 pint cherry tomatoes, stemmed
  • 1 large crusty sandwich roll
  • 12 oz mixed salad greens or mixed lettuce

Dice up the bacon into bite size pieces.

Cut the bacon into strips

Place a large skillet over medium heat and cook the bacon until crisp.

Crispy Bacon

Remove the bacon from the pan, making sure to reserve the bacon grease.  Pour the grease into a measuring cup to determine the amount of oil you have remaining. You need a little more than 1/3 cup.  If you have less than that, add a little olive oil to top off the mixture.

In a medium bowl, mix the shallot, vinegar, thyme, salt and pepper.  Slowly add the bacon grease to the bowl while whisking.  This will make a nice bacon flavored dressing.

Bacon Salad Dressing

Add a little bit of the dressing to the tomatoes.  Grill the tomatoes over medium heat in a grill basket.  Cook until the skins begin to crack and char.  Roughly 4-5 minutes.

Grilled Tomatoes

While the tomatoes are cooking, cut the roll in half.  Then brush the cut side of the roll with a little of the dressing.

Brush the rolls

Then grill the roll over direct medium heat until the bread begins to char and develop nice grill marks.

Croutons

Remove the bread from the grill and cut into large croutons.

Mix the ingredients

Combine the tomatoes and bread into the bowl of dressing.

Serve over a bed of greens

Toss the mixture.  Arrange a bed of lettuce into bowls and top with the lettuce, bread and dressing mixture.  Spoon a little of the dressing over the top.

BLT Salad

Serve and enjoy!

This was a fabulous salad.  It was full of flavor and the grilled tomatoes and bread added an extra level of flavor.

Rex

Rex is an avid griller, barbecuer and bacon enthusiast. He is the Pitmaster for the Rex BBQ competition team. Rex was also featured on the TV show American Grilled. If you have any questions or wish to have Rex decode your favorite dish, click on the ASK REX link in the menu above.

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5 thoughts on “BLT Salad

  1. Rex, the only thing I can say…"It's a great salad!" We would add some blue cheese to send it over the top. Hope all is well with you!

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