Tempeh BLT (TLT) recipe

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Ingredients

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
4 slices tempeh bacon
2 teaspoons mayonnaise, or to taste
2 slices whole wheat bread, toasted
2 leaves green leaf lettuce
2 slices ripe tomato

Nutrition Info

566.6 calories
carbohydrate: 34.4 g
cholesterol: 3.5 mg
fat: 39.9 g
fiber: 6.1 g
protein: 18.9 g
saturatedFat: 6.5 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 635.3 mg
sugar: 4.8 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Heat oil in a skillet over high heat, cook tempeh bacon in the hot oil until lightly browned, 2 to 4 minutes per side.

  2. Spread mayonnaise on 1 side of each bread slice. Layer 1 leaf lettuce, 1 tomato, and tempeh bacon on the mayonnaise side of 1 bread slice. Top tempeh with remaining tomato slice and lettuce leaf. Place the remaining slice of bread, mayonnaise-side down, on top.

Recipe Yield

1 sandwich

Recipe Note

Before I became a vegetarian, I used to love BLTs. Here is a great alternative to BLTs with all the flavor and none of the meat. While tempeh has a texture different from bacon, I like it better than any of the fake bacon products I've tried.

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