BLT Bites are perfect tiny appetizer sized single bite BLTs on sourdough bread. Serve with cocktails, as a first course, or as finger food for any party.
Don’t you sometimes need just a bite or two of something? Not a whole sandwich, not a whole piece or slice, but just a bite. Well, this is one of those recipes for when you just want a bite. A bite of a BLT, that is.
These BLT Bites take all the elements of a classic bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich and reduces them to one gorgeous, delicious bite. It’s simply toasted sourdough bread, topped with mayonnaise, a slice of bacon, lettuce and a halved cherry tomato. Sprinkle with salt. Devour.
Great for Sunday afternoons while watching whatever sporting event. Fabulous with drinks before dinner. Or just make a plate full for after school snacks.
BLT Bites are perfect tiny appetizer sized single bite BLTs on sourdough bread. Serve with cocktails, as a first course, or as finger food for any party. Click To Tweet
How to Make BLT Bites
Cut the crusts from the bread. Then cut each slice of bread into four rectangles. Place the bread rectangles on a baking sheet and toast them until they’re golden brown. Allow the toast to cool before proceeding.
Cut the bacon slices into thirds and cut the cherry tomatoes in half. I used some bacon I had left over from breakfast.
You really need to use the thickest market bacon you can find for this. The thinner bacon will crumble when you cut it into thirds and will crumble even worse when you put a toothpick through it in the final step.
Assemble the appetizers: Spread one side of each toast with mayonnaise. Top with one piece of bacon, a lettuce leaf and half a cherry tomato. Sprinkle with salt (I used a Hawaiian black sea salt in the photo).
Makes 12 appetizers.
Enjoy!
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- Breakfast BLT from Skinny Taste
- BLT Pasta Salad from Averie Cooks
- Seared Scallop BLT from We Are Not Martha
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BLT Bites
A BLT in a bite-size appetizer!
Ingredients
- 3 slices sourdough bread
- 4 slices thick-cut market bacon, cooked
- 6 ripe cherry tomatoes
- mayonnaise
- lettuce
- salt
Instructions
- Cut the crust from the bread. Cut each slice of bread into four rectangles. Place bread rectangles on a baking sheet and toast until golden brown. Allow toast to cool before proceeding.
- Cut bacon slices into thirds. Cut cherry tomatoes in half.
- Assemble appetizers: Spread one side of each toast with mayonnaise. Top with one piece of bacon, a lettuce leaf and half a cherry tomato. Sprinkle with salt (I used a Hawaiian black sea salt in the photo).
Notes
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 6 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 117Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 3mgSodium: 339mgCarbohydrates: 18gFiber: 1gSugar: 2gProtein: 4g
Nutrition information is calculated by Nutritonix and may not always be perfectly accurate. Use your own judgment.
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Renee says
Never would have thought of this one! Great!
Kristen says
Ooops – for some reason I didn’t think my first comment went through – sorry about the multiple posts :)
Kristen Doyle says
These look perfect! What a wonderful treat. But I agree with the other posts, I would not be able to stop at a few!
Kristen says
Such a clever idea, Lana! I bet those are a hit wherever you take them!
Miss P says
Why don’t you put that post back up on the bacon cooking technique? I don’t see it, but I might have overlooked it ……..
Miss P
Kathy Gori says
what a wonderful party food idea!
Teri says
Now this is what I’m talking about. I’m having people over in a few weeks but didn’t want to cook a meal, just some some stuff to nibble on and these are perfect! Thanks Lana.
Lana says
This recipe would be great for that, Teri. Just be sure to use the thick-cut bacon. And, by the way, I cook my bacon in the oven not on the stovetop. Much less mess that way!
Barefoot Belle says
These are awesome! And I love that they can go either in the direction of a tailgate or a tea.
Spruce Hill says
Oh now these look so good! I can’t wait for tomatoes!
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Joy says
That is such a cute idea. That must be great for parties.
Cristina @TeenieCakes says
I love this idea…and they’re so beautifully presented. It would be easy to get carried away and eat these without realizing how many you’ve put away! =)
karenbove says
These have got to be delicious because you can’t go wrong with that combination. I’d have to double or triple or even quadruple the recipe though, because just a bit won’t be enough.
Lana says
It’s easily doubled, tripled, whatever. Make sure there are lots of folks around to help eat them because it’s easy to keep picking up one, then another, then another…
megan says
What a fun bite! These would be perfect for a tea party!
Lana says
Thanks, everyone for your comments! Yes, these are so good and very easy to make. And it’s pretty hard to just eat one of them :-)
jenn (Bread + Butter) says
BLT appetizer style. I love it!!!! Though, it would be hard to eat just one.
C and C Dish says
These BLT Bites are an awesome idea…love it!
Sues says
Oooh, I made these a few months ago, but yours look SO much better!! Mine didn’t have bread, so maybe that’s what I need to do next time. Delicious though, right?! :)
Patty Price says
Tailgate! Great recipe following the big draft weekend!
Amanda says
These rock! What a great idea!
Barbara @ moderncomfortfood says
These look wonderful and so pretty too. My only problem with these is that I would want a bite, and then another bite and then….Many thanks for sharing.