A creamy egg salad BLT sandwich with fresh tomatoes, soft Bibb lettuce and crispy strips of bacon makes for a stellar lunch sandwich!
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time20 minutesmins
Total Time30 minutesmins
Yield: 4sandwiches
Ingredients
For the egg salad:
6large eggs
¼cupmayonnaise (I use low-fat, see notes)
¾teaspoondried dill weed (or 2 ½ tablespoons fresh if you have it)
½teaspoonkosher salt
¼teaspoonblack pepper
For the sandwiches:
8piecesbacon
8piecesbibb lettuce
2large red tomatoes, sliced (8 slices total)
8sliceswhole wheat bread
Instructions
Place the eggs in an even layer in a large pot. Cover with water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then cover and turn off heat. Let sit for 10-12 minutes. Drain in a colander and run cool water over the eggs. This helps stop the cooking and also cools them down a bit for using in your sandwiches.
Peel the hard-boiled eggs and chop. Add the eggs to a medium-size bowl then add the mayonnaise, dill weed, salt and pepper and stir to combine.
Meanwhile, cook your bacon. I like to fry mine in a pan over medium heat. It takes about 8-10 minutes on the first side, until it’s cooked and getting crispy, then flip and cook another 2-4 minutes. At least for my thick-cut bacon; regular bacon will cook faster - just keep an eye on it. You can also make your bacon in the oven if you prefer. Once cooked, drain on paper towels to absorb the extra grease.
Toast your bread, if desired. I like it untested for regular egg salad sandwiches but I prefer it toasted for these sandwiches.
Lay Bibb lettuce on 4 slices of bread, then top with a heaping scoop of egg salad and spread out evenly over the slice of bread. Top with 2 slices of tomato and 2 slices of bacon and then the top slice of bread.
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Notes
You can add more or less mayonnaise to get it to your creaminess liking. You can also use ½ plain Greek yogurt and ½ mayonnaise if you like.You can easily halve the recipe if you only want to make enough for 2 sandwiches.