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You can use a bacon weave to make this awesome recipe for a BLT. Bacon lettuce and tomato served in a bacon cup!
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BLT Bacon Cups

A delicious BLT salad served in a bowl made out of bacon!
Course Appetizer
Servings 5
Author Kat Jeter & Melinda Caldwell

Ingredients

  • 15 strips of Bacon
  • 7 c Salad mix
  • 10 Grape tomatoes
  • 3 - 5 Tbsp Mayonnaise

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400°F.
  • For each bacon cup cut two strips of bacon in half and leave 1 strip whole.
  • Flip a regular size muffin tin over on a baking sheet.
  • Lay two of the 1/2 strips of bacon up and down over one of the muffin tins.
  • Weave two strips of bacon from left to right through the vertical pieces.
  • Weave the whole strip of bacon around the outside, weaving under and over each of the existing pieces.
  • Place baking sheet in oven and bake for 20-25 minutes or until bacon is cooked the way you like it.
  • Let bacon cool on muffin tins before removing.
  • Chop up salad mix and toss it with 3-5 Tbsp of mayo, depending on your preference.
  • Add dressed salad mix to the bacon cups and top with grape tomato slices.
  • Serve.
  • **Note: The bacon cups can be made ahead of time. Cook the bacon cups a day or two before and when you are ready to use them place them on a baking sheet and cook them in a 350°F oven for 10 minutes to warm them.