BLTs With Blue Cheese-Buffalo Aioli

Recipe courtesy Aaron McCargo, Jr. for Food Network Magazine

Photo: BLTs With Blue Cheese-Buffalo Aioli Recipe

Total Time:

20 min

Prep

20 min

Yield:

4 servings

Level:

Easy

Ingredients

For the aioli:

• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
• 2 tablespoons hot sauce (such as Frank's or Pete's)
• 1 small clove garlic, grated
• Freshly ground pepper

For the sandwiches:

• 8 1/2-inch-thick slices country-style white, wheat or rye bread, lightly toasted
• 16 strips good-quality thick-cut bacon, cooked and cut in half
• 3 large tomatoes, thinly sliced
• 1 red onion, thinly sliced
• 4 leaves Bibb lettuce

Directions

Make the aioli: Combine the mayonnaise, blue cheese, hot sauce, garlic, and pepper to taste in a small bowl and stir well.

Make the sandwiches: Lay 4 slices of bread on a cutting board. Spread 2 to 3 teaspoons or so of the aioli on each slice, then top each with 8 half-pieces of bacon, a few slices of tomato, some red onion and a single piece of lettuce. Top each with another slice of bread. Slice the sandwiches in half.

Photograph by Kang Kim