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BLT Salad With Homemade Croutons Recipe

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This BLT Salad With Homemade Croutons gives you all the delicious flavors of a BLT in a salad bowl. It’s perfect for a quick and easy dinner.

BLT Salad Recipe

BLT Salad With Homemade Croutons

I love a good salad and adding crispy bacon and cherry tomatoes makes it extra special. Anything with bacon is better.

This makes a quick and easy dinner for busy weeknights or for relaxing weekends when you don’t want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen.


Easy BLT Salad

BLT Salad With Homemade Croutons Ingredients

1 large head of lettuce (romaine or green leaf lettuce recommended), washed and dried
10 ounces cherry or grape tomatoes, washed and dried
¾ cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 of pound bacon, thin cut
4 slices whole wheat bread
1/3 cup of butter, melted
1 teaspoon garlic powder
Creamy salad dressing of choice for serving on the side (buttermilk ranch or honey mustard recommended)


Bacon Lettuce Tomato Salad

How To Make Homemade Croutons

Preheat the oven to 350F. Place the whole wheat bread on a baking sheet. In a small bowl, combine the melted butter and garlic powder; stir well. Use a silicon pastry brush to brush the butter mixture over both sides of each slice of bread.

How To Make Croutons

Use a serrated knife to slice the garlic buttered bread into 1/2-inch squares. Scatter the squares across the baking sheet.

Whole Wheat Bread Croutons

Bake the croutons for 10 minutes, until golden brown on the bottom. Use tongs or a fork to flip each crouton, then return to the oven for another 5 minutes until golden brown on the second side.

Croutons Ready To Bake

The croutons are done baking when they are golden brown on both sides and crispy. Transfer the croutons from the baking sheet to a wire rack to cool to room temperature.

Homemade Croutons

How To Make BLT Salad

Tear the head of lettuce into bite sized pieces and place in a large bowl.

Chopped Lettuce For BLT Salad

Cut the tomatoes in half and add to the salad.

Chopped Tomatoes For BLT Salad

Sprinkle the salad with shredded cheddar cheese.

Cheddar Cheese On BLT Salad

Heat a large frying pan over medium heat. Chop the raw bacon into bite sized pieces, then cook in the skillet, stirring occasionally (very carefully to avoid the hot grease), until the bacon reaches your desired level of crispness. Remove the cooked bacon from the frying pan and drain on paper towels until cooled to room temperature. Set aside.

BLT Salad Ingredients

Right before serving, toss the homemade croutons and bacon into the salad.

Bacon Added To Salad

Serve with creamy salad dressing of your choice on the side. Makes 4 dinner size servings, or 6-8 side salad servings.

BLT Salad With Homemade Croutons

BLT Salad Recipe
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BLT Salad With Homemade Croutons Recipe

This BLT Salad With Homemade Croutons gives you all the delicious flavors of a BLT in a salad bowl. It's perfect for a quick and easy dinner.

Course Salad
Cuisine American
Keyword BLT Salad Recipe
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 23 minutes
Servings 4
Author Recipes Simple

Ingredients

  • 1 large head of lettuce (romaine or green leaf lettuce recommended), washed and dried
  • 10 ounces cherry or grape tomatoes, washed and dried
  • 3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
  • 1 lb bacon, thin cut
  • 4 slices whole wheat bread
  • 1/3 cup butter, melted
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • Creamy salad dressing of choice for serving on the side

Instructions

How To Make Homemade Croutons

  1. Preheat the oven to 350F.

  2. Place the whole wheat bread on a baking sheet. In a small bowl, combine the melted butter and garlic powder; stir well. Use a silicon pastry brush to brush the butter mixture over both sides of each slice of bread.

  3. Use a serrated knife to slice the garlic buttered bread into 1/2-inch squares. Scatter the squares across the baking sheet.

  4. Bake the croutons for 10 minutes, until golden brown on the bottom. Use tongs or a fork to flip each crouton, then return to the oven for another 5 minutes until golden brown on the second side.

  5. The croutons are done baking when they are golden brown on both sides and crispy. Transfer the croutons from the baking sheet to a wire rack to cool to room temperature.

How To Make BLT Salad

  1. Tear the head of lettuce into bite sized pieces and place in a large bowl.

  2. Cut the tomatoes in half and add to the salad.

  3. Sprinkle the salad with shredded cheddar cheese.

  4. Heat a large frying pan over medium heat. Chop the raw bacon into bite sized pieces, then cook in the skillet, stirring occasionally (very carefully to avoid the hot grease), until the bacon reaches your desired level of crispness. Remove the cooked bacon from the frying pan and drain on paper towels until cooled to room temperature. Set aside.

  5. Right before serving, toss the homemade croutons and bacon into the salad.

  6. Serve with creamy salad dressing of your choice on the side.

Recipe Notes

Makes 4 dinner size servings, or 6-8 side salad servings.



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