Bacon Bao BLT Recipe

Enjoy this crispy, smokey pocket of joy. A soft-steamed bao bun is filled with sliced cucumbers, frisee lettuce and double-glazed Wright® Brand Naturally Hickory Smoked Extra Extra Thick Sliced Steak Cut Bacon, then topped with yellow tomato-carrot-radish slaw and garnished with toasted sesame seeds.

Ingredients

YIELD: 6 Servings

Amount	MAIN INGREDIENTS
3 Strips	*Wright®* Brand Naturally Hickory Smoked Extra Extra Thick Sliced Steak Cut Bacon
6 pcs.	Bao Buns
24 pcs.	Mini Cucumber Slices - Cut 1/32”
3 to 6 oz.	Oven Roasted Tomatoes & Hoisin Blend (15:85)
1/4 cup	Frisee Lettuce
3 oz.	Yellow Tomato, Carrot, Radish Slaw
garnish	Toasted Sesame Seeds

Directions

Step 1: Cook the Wright® Brand Naturally Hickory Smoked Extra Extra Thick Sliced Steak Cut Bacon according to your preferred BOH Methodology. When the bacon is about 95% cooked, glaze the bacon twice. Reserve hot.

Step 2: Steam bao buns and pre-place the thinly sliced cucumbers on the front bottom edge of the bun. Add a pinch of the frisee lettuce to the back.

Step 3: Add a half strip of the double-glazed Wright® Brand Naturally Hickory Smoked Extra Extra Thick Sliced Steak Cut Bacon in back.

Step 4: Top with 1/3 oz. of the yellow tomato-carrot-radish slaw.

Step 5: Garnish with toasted sesame seeds. For a spicy version, add a drizzle of chili sauce.