Flashback: Bacon Weave Sandwich
This post originally appeared January 14, 2009 on SahmRamblings.com.
When I was pregnant, my fail-safe food was bacon. We had BLTs at least once a week. I never experienced morning sickness, but I really couldn’t stomach meat. It was terrible for our health but at least I could enjoy the bacon.
Well, we had BLTs tonight and I was reminded of a post I wanted to do last month but got too busy for! (No, I’m not pregnant.) (March 2014 edit/addition: Reminder, this was originally posted in 2009. I wasn’t pregnant then. I’m not pregnant now. Certainly don’t want anyone trying to read between the lines.)
DH stumbled on a blog post about weaving bacon. Sorry that I can’t give that blogger credit because I don’t know who it was. He surprised me one day by making them and even taking pictures of the steps. (Aren’t DH’s the best?) I thought it was pretty cool so we decided to share the bacon weave process. How often can you make a bacon sandwich and know there’s bacon in every bite?
Here’s how to create a bacon weave:
Three pieces of bacon
Cut each in half
Weave them together
Cook them like normal bacon
Flip them over like normal bacon (notice how they are maintaining their shape and the normal bacon isn’t?)
Drain them off (oh, like normal bacon)
Add them to a sandwich. If you use normal bread, the bacon weave will cover the bread perfectly. No more concerns about bites that are all sandwich and no bacon. If three pieces of bacon aren’t enough for your sandwich, then add two weaves to it!
DH – This is an awesome trick. Thanks for sharing it!
March 2014 Addition: This is perfect for sandwiches that include bacon as a layer such as BLTs but also works great on burgers. Want to see another fun creation that DH made? Check out his post for corn dog sushi.
It really is wrong when you get a bite without bacon. Love this solution!
Brilliant! I have an entire family that is crazy for bacon! This would make the perfect bacon layer for a BLT! No more bacon strands sliding out!
Wow, this is awesome! I’ve never tried this but will the next time I make bacon for sandwiches!! Thanks for the tip!
Smart. I’m going to try this in the oven!
Wow! That is fun and yummy! Thank you for the creative idea step by step 🙂
OMG – I LOVE bacon. But when I was pregnant (30 freaking years ago!) the smell of any meat cooking made me nauseous.
Those bacon weave sandwiches look divine!
What a smart idea to have the bacon fit perfectly on the bread!! Big bacon lovers in our home!!
Oh. Oh my. Bookmarking this and definitely trying it out this week! Oh man on a bun with an egg and some maple syrup? I can’t wait!!! 🙂 Thank you!
What a great idea for a BLT! With a weave of bacon, you don’t have to worry about the strips falling out while you are eating it!
I am so impressed right now! That would be a cool weekend breakfast.
this IS the only true way to enjoy bacon on a sandwich. unless you have a grinder and then you’d make a weave rectangle of bacon.
WOWZA is all I have to say. Literally looks like the best thing ever. A great solution to any sandwich! Love it! Thanks for sharing!
Oh my goodness, I have never thought of this, it is so super-cute to do on a sandwich and I have been craving a BLT lately. Thanks so much
Bacon in every bite? I love it! My husband would go nuts over this!
Ooooh! Smart!! I know a bacon lover who would swoon with this!
You are brilliant!!! My husband is a bacon fanatic. and this is right up his alley.
I totally love bacon to cover every square inch. Ingenious idea!
What a fun idea! My husband would definitely enjoy this.
Well, that’s the EXACT way to most men’s hearts!! LOL What a great idea for sure!!!
Oh wow! This looks awesome! My husband would go gaga over this!
love bacon! I have never heard or seen this before, looks great!
Now that is the way to do it! Lol! I just love that.. I need to surprise my hubs with one of these bacon sandwiches, he’ll fall in love instantly!
My son would so love me forever if I did this for BLTs! Great idea!
This is such a neat tip! My BLT’s will never be the same again!
I LOVE this trick for bacon sandwiches. BLTs are one of my favorite things that I never remember to make for myself. I’m going to have to try this.
OMG, I think this is genius. OMG, my husband and I would loooove this. Going to surprise him with this!
Bacon in every bite! This is a great solution for the BLT
Bacon weave sandwiches. Mind. Blown. I’m going to have to make this for the BF because I’ll gain SO many bacon points (kind of like brownie points but for men)! LOL
What a neat trick ^.^
You may have just revolutionized the way I eat bacon! Will this work in the oven too?
What a fab idea!
I LOVE your idea. I have made a bacon weaved meatloaf that I BBQ’d but I love your idea for a sandwich. I am going to try this for sure.
That is pretty awesome – never considered it, but I know I would love it for sho
Oh my this is amazing!!! A great way to have bacon in every bite of your sandwich!
I think that I am the only one in the meat-eating world who doesn’t like the taste of bacon…….however, my hubs would love this 🙂
You’ve never had GOOD bacon then! There is a difference!
Ok, that wins for coolest thing ever! Awesome!
WHAT!!! – I have to PIn this for later…how ingenious!!! Who would have thought?
It seems a shame to cover up such a pretty bacon pattern with bread. Decorating with bacon. Who knew. 😉
Mmm bacon. Not sure who will like this more. Me or my 4 year old who can eat bacon constantly. Now I want a BLT done this way.
My boyfriend is a bacon fanatic and he is going to be thrilled when I cook this for lunch tomorrow!!!
My husband would love this! I will have to make it for him 🙂
This Is so freakin fun!!
That’s a really cute idea! I don’t like bacon, so I won’t be trying to make these, but I like how they look. Your husband is impressive to take it upon himself to make bacon weave sandwiches. Lucky girl!
I love that idea! Lately I have been making bacon hearts, but this fills up the whole slice of bread!
That’s genius! I have to share this with my husband. I’m not much of a meat-eater, but he sure is. Thanks!
I really like this idea. I hate how the bacon doesn’t cover your sandwich. I bet this would be big hit with BLTs.
Bacon makes anything better lol. Great post, love that style of creating a weaved sandwich with bacon.
I love that. I have seen something like that on Pinterest.
You’re killing me here! I want this sandwich so badly right now. Haha!!! YUM and who knew bacon could look so pretty?
This is such a genius way to add bacon to sandwiches! It’s always a bummer to only get a few bites of bacon in the middle instead of thourough.
Wow I must try this!!!
I definitely like this solution! When I eat a BLT I want to taste bacon with every bite I take. The biggest plus–even I could weave the bacon!!
Well isn’t that a cool idea? I am going to try it the next time I make bacon. It might be awhile. We are in a cabin in Montana and only 2 of the burners on the stove work. They have a new stove on order, but we may be gone before it gets here.
You had me at bacon! This is great because you can garnish sandwiches with it and it is neat and not messy.
I’ve never tried that. I can’t wait. There’s five of us here and we all love bacon!
This looks really cool!
What a fantastic idea thanks!
Ahh,
I love sandwich. Also I love the way you have shared amazing information about sandwiches.
Thanks for sharing it. Hope it would be useful for me.
Just tried this tonight. I was able to weave 4 pieces (8 halves) for him and 3 (6 halves) for me. Brilliant. I bake mine.
Fantastic! I should update the post as I found another perfect use for the same weaves. My daughters like hot dogs, but LOVE hot dogs with bacon. Bacon tends to fall out of the bun, but if you roll this weave around the cooked hot dog, it’ll never fall out!
This is such a brilliant idea! I must try this soon 🙂
What a great idea! I’ll have to try this the next time we have bacon.
What a super idea to have the perfect sandwich. BLT’s are a favorite around my house and this would make it even better.
This bacon sandwich looks very tasty. Thanks for sharing!
this is amazing and i have some bacon!