This Bacon Trick Will Make Sure You Get A Mouthful of Bacon In Every Bite of Your Next BLT

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Stop everything: This cooking trick is about to entirely change the way you’ve been making bacon. Everyone knows the disappointing feeling of biting into a juicy, crunchy BLT —and getting a mouthful of lettuce and soggy tomato instead of delicious bacon. It’s always a challenge to get a mouthful of bacon in every single bite, but that’s really the goal of the BLT-eating experience, isn’t it? But this hack will ensure that you never have a bacon-less bite in your sandwich again, so watch closely…

Start by cutting your slab of bacon in half:

Then lay the strips parallel to each other on a baking sheet:

There’s some clever folding and layering involved…

And you end up with a patterned bacon grid. Then pop it in the oven to bake.

Use tongs to place the crispy square on top of the your sandwich…

And voila! You’ve got bacon in every single bite.

See the full process in the video below:

Images courtesy of Buzzfeed via Food & Wine.