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Weave Your Bacon for Better Burgers & Sandwiches

May 5, 2016 02:00 PM

Jul 18, 2016 04:54 PM

Hand holding a sandwich with lettuce, tomato, and layers of meat between two slices of bread.

Bacon on burgers and sandwiches is truly a wonderful thing, though not when it slides out and lands on your plate. Or, even worse—the floor.

There are ways to prevent bacon strips from slipping out, like holding your burger a certain way, preparing veggies correctly, or hollowing out the bread, but then we discovered the bacon weave, which is perhaps the most genius bacon hack on planet Earth.

Bacon sandwich with lettuce and tomato on a blue plate.

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The bacon weave allows you to achieve bacon in every bite while simultaneously ensuring that your bacon will not run away and land astray somewhere it does not belong (i.e., anywhere other than your mouth).

So, let's cut to the chase and get you weaving. Feel free to follow along with our video or with the detailed steps and pictures below!

Cut Your Bacon

Using a sharp knife, stack your bacon on a cutting board and give it a good slice horizontally right down the middle to split all of the strips in half.

Bacon strip cut in half on a wooden cutting board.

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Start Weaving

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and lay three bacon halves down, parallel and as close to one another as possible. Then, take the end of the middle piece of bacon and fold it in to the middle.

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Place a half strip of bacon across, resting it on the outer two bacon pieces and fold the middle piece back down over it.

Fold the second and third pieces of bacon over the piece you just laid, for a moment, in order to place the second piece of bacon horizontally.

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Bacon-wrapped skewers on a wooden platter

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Place the second bacon strip across the vertical middle piece, then fold the outer two pieces back down over it.

Bacon strips arranged on a wooden surface.

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Nick & Bay Nigro/Food Hacks Daily

Fold the middle piece of bacon in, for the last time, and place the third bacon strip across. Fold that vertical middle bacon strip back over for the last time and you're all set.

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Sliced bacon arranged in a decorative pattern on a plate.

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Get Your Bacon Bake-On

Bake your bacon for 20 minutes at 400ºF. It should come out slightly crisp and quite lovely-looking. And trust us, it will taste even better on a sandwich.

Bacon strips cooked on a parchment-lined baking sheet.

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Add Your Bacon Weave

When ready, add your bacon weave(s) to your sandwiches or burgers. Our favorite way to use it? On the classic BLT sandwich: toasted sourdough bread with mayo, thick slices of juicy tomato, crunchy lettuce, and some fresh black pepper.

Grilled chicken sandwich with lettuce and tomato on a blue plate.

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Healthy sandwich with lettuce, tomato, and bacon on whole grain bread.

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We get bacon with every bite of the sandwich. To us, there's nothing better. It may take more time to prepare, but it'll be way more satisfying in the end.

A hand holding a sandwich with lettuce, tomato, and ham on whole grain bread.

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Bon voyage and best of luck, bacon lovers!

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