Egg In A Hole BLT Sandwiches

Two of your lunchtime favorites meet up in this delectable egg in a hole BLT sandwich recipe! Delicious for brunch, lunch or supper.

I think this might be one of my favorite sandwich brainstorms EVER. We all know I am a BLT sandwich fan, because BACON, among other things.

And I am always happy to pop a soft cooked into pretty much anything (I’m looking at you, ramen soup), including a BLT sandwich.

But I also do love me a comfort food egg in a hole, which basically involves soft cooking an egg inside a slice of bread.

So…so…what if you combined all of that together?

Bread that has a soft cooked egg in the center of it, along with sweet tomatoes and creamy mayonnaise and crunchy lettuce and a generous amount of crispy bacon?

I KNOW. I KNOW.

So I’m gonna walk you through how all that deliciousness can happen in your kitchen, but first an update on our Southern adventure.

We are one week away from getting the keys, so things are getting real at the Carolina Dream House!

The most dramatic developments lately have been on the outside. Including grass!

And just to explain, we thought it would be nice to have a pretty gathering of plants out in front, so that open patch there is soon going to be full of holly trees and wild grasses and I think some flowers.

And speaking of flowers, we put some butterfly bushes out back and 3 seconds later this happened…

…proving that they totally live up to their name!

In other news, the Southern husband and I went out for a burger for the first time since March, and did our socially distanced duty by eating outside even though it was approximately 4 million degrees outside.

It was our first time at Culvers, which was highly recommended to us by our kids and their friends.

We both had a butter burger which is just as delectable as it sounds, and I was understandably chided both in person and on Instagram for not having the fried cheese curds. Or the frozen custard.

NEXT TIME.

Meantime, let’s cook up a scrumptious sandwich!

Here’s how you make egg in the hole BLT sandwiches!

Get yourself some nice substantial country-style bread and cut a 2 inch round hole in the center of four bread slices (a cookie cutter or a juice glass works well for this).

Next, cook the bacon in a large skillet over medium high heat until it’s nice and crispy.  Scoop it out but save those drippings!

Now pop four more bread slices into the skillet with the drippings and cook them up until one side is browned. Take ’em out.

Pop the bread slices with the holes into the skillet with the drippings and break an egg into each hole.  Cover the skillet and cook until eggs are set, about 4-6 minutes.

Time to assemble!  Spread the untoasted half of the first bread slices with mayonnaise.  Top with lettuce, tomato and two bacon slice halves.  

Place the bread and egg slices on top, toasted side up.

Now serve them up, giving your lucky sandwich eaters napkins and a knife and fork – these babies can be deliciously messy!

This recipe is definitely in contention for one of the first meals I cook up in my new kitchen! Taking suggestions for that monumental day – hit me up!

Love, Kate xo

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