This Fried Egg BLT combines one of my all-time favorite foods – bacon – with one of my must-have comfort foods – over-easy style fried eggs. These two things come together in sandwich form with juicy, ripe tomatoes and crunchy romaine lettuce to form what I believe is the best way to enjoy a BLT: the Fried Egg BLT.

A BLT (Bacon-Lettuce-Tomato) sandwich is a classic and has some personal nostalgia to it. Multiple times throughout the year my Nana would take my sister and me shopping – we’d have a ball! Try on all the clothes, and buy a few things here and there. It always made us feel special. Our shopping trips with Nana included a special lunch where we could order pretty much anything we wanted and Nana always said “yes!” I must get my love for bacon from my Nana because whether on the menu or not, Nana would often order a BLT.

Have you ever seen the face of a teenage waiter when someone orders a dish that the restaurant doesn’t actually serve? I have… multiple times! When the waiter would say (in a confused voice), “Maam, we don’t have a BLT on the menu.” Nana would reply, “Well, it’s very easy to make, can you just ask your chef to whip one up?”

As it turns out the Chef of the restaurant always “whipped one up” and Nana always got her BLT.

My version of the classic BLT – the Fried Egg BLT – is simple to make, packed with bacon, crunchy from crisp romaine lettuce, and ooey-gooey from the warm egg yolk that runs down the sides of the delicious, toasted bread.

How to Prepare a Fried Egg BLT

First things first, start with the star ingredient: Bacon! Fry up the bacon in a non-stick skillet over medium heat according to how you like to eat your bacon. For me, I like slightly chewy bacon, not too crispy. If you’re a super crispy bacon fan – no judgment here! Plan on four slices of thick-cut bacon per sandwich (this is my preferred in-grocery-store brand of thick-cut bacon).

While the bacon is frying, toast your bread to a perfect golden brown and set it aside for assembly later on.
Thinly slice the tomatoes, season them with salt and pepper and tear the lettuce into pieces the size of the sandwich bread you’re using.

Once the bacon is done and removed from the pan, use the rendered bacon fat to fry the over-easy eggs over the same medium heat. Gently crack the egg into the pan with the rendered bacon fat being careful not to break the yolk. The egg whites will sizzle slightly and begin turning opaque immediately. Sprinkle each egg with salt and pepper.

Once the whites of the egg are set, flip the egg to the other side. Turn the heat off and allow the egg whites to finish cooking with the residual heat. It will take about 30 seconds, up to one minute. Repeat the process until all eggs are fried up over-easy style.

Assemble the Fried Egg BLT 

Create a sandwich assembly line in this order: 4 slices of bread, bacon slices, tomato, lettuce, and 4 slices of bread.
Spread mayonnaise on each slice of bread, ensuring it goes edge-to-edge.

Next, layer four slices of bacon on top of the bottom piece of bread, followed by two – four slices of tomato, then two pieces of lettuce, and finally top it with one of the over-easy eggs.

Whether you’re looking for a quick, easy, and impressive meal or you’re just in the mood for bacon, this Fried Egg BLT is for you and whatever crowd you’re serving (just not vegetarians).

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Fried Egg BLT

Prep Time5 minutes mins

Cook Time15 minutes mins

Total Time20 minutes mins

Course: Breakfast, Main Course

Servings: 4

Ingredients

• 16 Strips Thick-cut Bacon
• 2 Large Slicing Tomatoes, cut into 1/2 inch thick rounds Recommended: Vine-ripened or Heirloom
• 4 Tbsp Mayonnaise, Divided The quantity can be adjusted depending on your preference.
• 8 Slices Sandwich Bread Recommended: Classic White Bread, Sourdough, or Similar
• 4 Large Eggs
• 8 Leaves Romaine Lettuce
• 1/4 Tsp Salt, Divided
• 1/4 Tsp Black Pepper, Divided

Instructions

Prepare the Bacon

• Turn a non-stick skillet to medium heat. Add the strips of bacon Fry up the bacon to a medium level of crispy-ness. Although, if you prefer very well done bacon, go right ahead! Bacon is personal. I get it. While frying the bacon make sure to turn frequently; about every 30 seconds. It should take 2 – 3 minutes to cook.
• Add 4 strips of bacon at a time, cooking for about 2 minutes per side until they've reached your desired level of crispy-ness.
• Once cooked to your liking, allow the bacon to cool on a paper-towel-lined plate.
• Continue cooking the bacon 4 strips at a time until all 16 pieces are prepared.

Prepare the Lettuce and Tomato

• Remove the stem from the tomato, then slide in 1/2 inch rounds until you have 8 slices.
• Select 8 leaves of romaine lettuce, ideally all similar in size. Remove the top inch and bottom inch from the leaves.
• Set the tomato and lettuce leaves aside on a plate.

Prepare the Bread

• Toast each piece of bread to a golden brown finish.
• Set them aside on a plate.

Assemble the Sandwich

• Create a sandwich assembly line in the following order: Toasted Bread, Mayonnaise, Lettuce, Tomato, and Bacon.
• Set out four plates to serve the sandwiches on.
• Spread mayonnaise edge-to-edge on each piece of toasted bread. Please two pieces of toasted bread on each plate.
• On the bottom piece of toasted bread layer first the lettuce, then tomato, then bacon.

Prepare the Fried Eggs

• Now that the sandwich is almost complete, we need to prepare the fried eggs as the final piece.
• Utilizing the same non-stick skillet you cooked the bacon in, return it to medium heat allowing about a tablespoon of the bacon fat to remain. Let the pan re-heat for 30 seconds to 1 minute.
• Crack your eggs into the pan being careful to not break the yolk.
• The egg whites will sizzle slightly and begin turning opaque immediately. Sprinkle each egg with salt and pepper. Allow the egg whites to set for about 30 seconds, up to 1-minute maximum.
• Once the whites of the egg are set, flip the egg to the other side. Sprinkle this side with salt and pepper. Turn the heat off and allow the egg whites to finish cooking with the residual heat for about 30 seconds.
• Repeat the process until all eggs are fried up in the over-easy style.

Serve the Sandwich

• Layer the fried egg over the top of the bacon on your sandwich and top with the other piece of toasted bread.
• Cut the sandwich in half on a bias, creating a triangle cut.
• Serve warm and immediately.

On February 9th at 7:47pm my husband and I welcomed our beautiful baby boy into the world. I’ll never forget holding him for the first time and his perfect little head resting against my chest. The emotions, the thoughts, the amazement that ran through me in those first few hours are things that I’ll hold dear to me forever. Hudson (our little guy) has taught me so much in his first two months. I’ve learned so much about myself, my new role as a mom, and our new life. 

If you’ve read my bio or “It’s a Damn Good Story,” you know that I choose to work and as I’m sure you guessed, I plan to return to work (I’m actually looking forward to it). Since bringing Hudson home and settling into maternity leave I’ve learned how much I value my career and my ability to work in my field and be present in that way. I’ve also learned how fast-paced I operate on a daily basis and the effort it takes for me to slow down and take in the moments. 

In a conversation with a family member the other day she made mention to the memories she has of her three boys as little babies, like Hudson, specifically that they either all run together or they’re a blur. She told me to enjoy the moments – all of them – even the sleepless nights or the moments when he’s crying sounds I’ve never heard before but then settles down and of course all the cooing and sweet baby smiles, too. It became clear to me that I need to slow down and treasure the time I have with him just the two of as well as the time my husband and I have together with him. I’m not going to lie though, it’s taken me effort and it’s something I pray about. 

Being a (new) mom is an extreme shock. It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done. It’s tested all of my skills and my abilities. It has tested our marriage. Yet, it has created opportunities for me to grow and love in a new way. I’m so grateful to be Hudson’s mom. 

Our new life as a family of three is amazing and nothing that I thought it would be. In fact, I can’t even remember what I thought it would be. Hudson is a dream. He’s sweet and resilient. He’s sensitive and animated. He’s strong willed when he really needs something and patient while we figure it out. He’s smiley and happy. Most of all he completes us in a way which only exists now that we’re a family of three. The adjustments are real and we’ve made many since Hudson has been a part of our life, but they’re all for the right reasons and many of them are yet to come over the next many years. For now though, I’m a mom who is overjoyed at being a mom and working tirelessly to figure it out, bringing my very best each and every day. 

This new life and this new role look good on me. 

I’ve been working in the Digital space for well over a decade now and have spent most of those years in a subgenre of Digital: Agency. I primarily focus on delivery, program management, and digital transformations. With over a decade of experience, I’ve started to notice patterns and how to either maximize or be weary of them. I’ve started to hone-in on personality traits; ones that require less management and others that require a lot of management. I’ve also learned that when something feels off, it usually is and when I have an instinct to take the team in a slightly different direction, it’s usually the right one. All of my “practical” experience I’ll call it, the day-to-day, combined with thousands of successes and failures has heightened and sharpened my intuition. My gut. More than ever, I’ve learned to really trust my gut and take advantage of it.

Gut Instincts

Gut instincts are a combination of wisdom and experience, which combined are a lethal recipe for amazing things! I hear from many people at all levels of an organization that “they don’t know what they don’t know” or that “they need more info before they can make a decision” or insert whatever variation of those comments here. I always remind my people that regardless of the requirements, the documentation, the team, the data they have in front of them, they have their experience. Then, I ask them, “Based on your experience, what do you recommend?” They pause and hesitantly come up with a brilliant answer, possible solution, next steps, you name it! This is because of your gut and what it’s telling you is based on your wisdom and experiences, which allow you to make informed, rational decisions. 

Trusting my gut comes into play in many ways, but I have found them to be divided into two categories: People Management and Engagement and Delivery. On the people management and engagement side, it’s typically about body language and what’s unsaid. On the delivery side, it’s heavily weighted toward the planning phase when it comes to estimating and timelines as well as in the “near completion” phase getting to a state of done. Where do you find yourself asking more questions than normal? Or struggling to provide an update on something because the intel just doesn’t seem right? This is your gut talking to you. 

3 Scenarios to Trust Your Gut

The “gut feeling” that you keep getting is an instinctual response from your brain to protect you from making what it perceives to be the wrong decision, which is driven by your foundation of life and work experiences. I trust my gut consistently in these three scenarios. 

• “It,” whatever “it” is, is outside of my expertise. In my day-to-day, I rely on subject-matter-experts (SMEs) a lot. I can’t tell you how to code something and I surely can’t log in to a system and immediately determine if those marketing campaigns are configured correctly. Yet, I can ask good questions to understand status, efficiency, quality, and timeliness. Since my expertise lies in these areas, I have an idea of what I’m expecting to hear from the SMEs, even though what they do and what they’re talking about is not my area of expertise. Depending on the answers I get, my gut (aka my experiences) will give me a positive or negative sense and guide me in what to do next. 
• When someone “goes dark.” Believe it or not, this happens more than we’d all care to admit in professional settings and this topic really crosses over the boundary of people management and delivery alike, at least for me. Maybe for you, too. People set up clues for us to understand, to find the missing pieces, and ask for help. When someone goes dark it’s very rarely because they’re delinquent. It’s almost always because they need help, they’re over-tasked, or simply unaware that they need to be doing something. In all of these instances, this type of non-verbal behavior sets off my gut. It’s telling me to reach out to them to “check-in,” send an email outlining tasks/needs/priorities, or may even evaluate staffing to ensure they’re not overworked. One of these items typically opens the door enough for the person to speak up and have a safe space to come out with why they’ve gone dark, leading to problem resolution. 
• Something comes out of nowhere. In agency life we do everything we can to plan, estimate, evaluate, discover, and document everything before beginning work. We spend weeks pouring over estimates and timelines. We agonize over staffing and if it’s right. If it will be efficient. So, in agency life, when something comes out of nowhere, my gut instincts start firing off like it’s the Fourth of July. In my experience, there’s always a resolution to whatever it is that now needs to be dealt with, but getting to the understanding of why this came out of nowhere must be handled sensitively and tactfully. Listening to my gut in terms of where to begin the understanding and how to start working through the solution allows me to have honest and efficient conversations with project leads and clients, without causing and over-escalation or creating a hyper-sensitive situation that will take weeks to calm down.

What’s your gut telling you?

I’m willing to bet that each of you uses or have used, “What does your gut tell you?” or “I don’t know why I just have a funny gut feeling” in your professional world. The next time you use it and more importantly the next time you have a gut feeling, stop and think about it. Ask yourself why. Allow yourself to reflect a bit on what’s causing this feeling, then start to maneuver your way through it with questions, conversation, and ultimately action.