BLT Salad Recipe with amazing sugared bacon!! (2024)

This BLT salad is your favorite sandwich combo in salad form, dressed up with brown sugar bacon and touch of maple in the salad dressing.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe!

When the temperatures rise in the summer and tomatoes are taking over the garden, a good blt salad for dinner is perfect and a nice break from a sandwich.

1. Turn your favorite blt sandwiches into a salad with this this BLT salad recipe. The salad makes it more diet friendly and not so carb heavy!
2. The best part of this salad though is the bacon. It is coated with a layer of brown sugar and paprika.
3. You can serve as a main dish or as a side dish.

Ingredients Needed:

• Lettuce. I prefer romaine lettuce but you can also use iceberg. You can use a combination of your favorite greens if you prefer.

• Red onion
• Tomatoes. Use the best and the most fresh tomato you can find. You can dice up a tomato or use cherry tomatoes cut in half.
• Croutons. Use store bought croutons or make your homemade croutons with this recipe.
• Bacon. Use a good quality bacon as the bacon is the star of the show! If you prefer you can use turkey bacon.
• Avocado This is optional but a delicious addition.
• Brown sugar
• Paprika
• Salt and Pepper

• Mayonnaise
• Maple syrup. Use real maple syrup, not pancake syrup.
• Whole grain mustard
• Lemon juice. Be sure and use fresh lemon juice.

How to Make Brown Sugar Bacon

• Preheat oven to 350 degres F.

• Mix together brown sugar, paprika and pepper in a bowl.

• Place bacon strips on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
• Coat bacon on both sides with brown sugar mixture.

• Bake for 20 minutes or until bacon is caramelized and crisp.
• Allow bacon to cool and then cut into bite size pieces.

It took great self control not to eat all of the bacon before putting it in the salad.

How to Make BLT Salad Dressing

This dressing is delicious on a BLT salad or any salad. If you don’t have the ingredients or the time you could use a store bought ranch dressing on the salad.

• In a small bowl, mix together mayo, maple syrup, mustard and lemon juice until smooth.
• Cover and keep refrigerated until ready to use.

How to Make BLT Salad

• In a large bowl, assemble all salad ingredients including lettuce, bacon, tomato, red onion, and croutons.

• Drizzle with creamy BLT Salad dressing and toss to coat.

If you love this BLT Salad be sure and check out more of my favorite salad recipes:

• BLT Pasta Salad
• Homemade Croutons
• Brown Sugar Bacon
• Pesto Chicken
• Spinach Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing

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