If you want a great sandwich, give this vegan BLT a try! Smokey, salty, and filled with protein-packed tempeh bacon or crispy vegan bacon, this will be your new favorite lunch or easy dinner! A healthier alternative to a traditional BLT without sacrificing the taste!
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❤️ This recipe is
- quick and easy to make.
- great for packed lunches or easy weeknight meals.
- versatile and can be made to suit your taste and preferences.
- a healthier alternative to a traditional BLT.
🧾 Ingredients and substitutions
A BLT stands for Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomatoes, so for an authentic sandwich, you will need all of those.
- Bread - for the sandwich. Any vegan bread you like will work. White, wheat, sourdough, or rye are all delicious choices. If you need help finding vegan bread check out this list of 20 supermarket vegan bread brands.
- Vegan Bacon - You can use store-bought vegan bacon products like smart bacon or tempeh bacon. You can easily make your own tempeh bacon, mushroom bacon, rice paper tofu bacon, or even eggplant bacon to put on your sandwich. (I prefer tempeh bacon on mine, but all are delicious). You can even sprinkle on bacon bits if you would like. Most store-bought bacon bits are vegan or you can easily make your own vegan bacon bits.
- Lettuce - crisp lettuce like Romain or iceberg will give your sandwich a nice crunch, but you can use any greens you wish, even spinach or kale.
- Tomato - ripe sliced tomatoes.
- Vegan Mayonaise - to make the sandwich rich and creamy. There are many store-bought varieties but it is super easy to make your own vegan mayo in minutes.
- Veggies - any other veggies that you choose like avocado, sprouts, cucumbers, pickles, or bell peppers are also good to change things up.
🥄 Instructions
- Cook your choice of vegan bacon according to directions.
- Wash and slice the tomato and break up the lettuce into smaller pieces.
- Spread vegan mayo on 1 side of 2 pieces of bread.
- Put a layer of vegan bacon, sliced tomato, and pieces of lettuce on top of a slice of bread.
- Top with the 2nd slice of bread.
Optional Cooking Methods
- Plain - you can just assemble your sandwich and eat it cold.
- On Toast - toast your bread first and then assemble your vegan bacon, lettuce, and tomatoes on after. This gives it more of a crunch.
- Grilled - for a hot grilled BLT, assemble the BLT with everything except for the mayo. Then butter the outer sides of the sandwich and grill it over medium heat until it's golden brown. Add the mayo at the end to prevent it from becoming runny.
🍽️ Serving suggestions
Serve your BLT with soup or salad for a complete meal!
Soups:
Salads:
🥪 More vegan sandwiches
- Vegan "Tuna" Salad
- Chickpea Salad Sandwich
- Tofu Egg Salad
- Vegan Grilled Cheese
- Vegan "Fish" Sandwich
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Vegan BLT Sandwich
Easy vegan bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich with vegan mayo.
Servings: 1
Calories: 269kcal
Ingredients
- 2 slices bread
- 4-8 slices tempeh bacon or any other vegan bacon of choice
- 4 slices tomato
- 1 handful lettuce
- 1 tbsp vegan mayo
- 1 dash salt (optional)
Instructions
How to make a vegan BLT:
- Cook your choice of vegan bacon according to directions.
- Wash and slice the tomato and break up the lettuce into smaller pieces.
- Spread vegan mayo on 1 side of 2 pieces of bread.
- Put a layer of vegan bacon, sliced tomato, and pieces of lettuce on top of a slice of bread. (Sprinkle with a dash of salt. - optional)
- Top with the 2nd slice of bread.
Optional Cooking Methods:
- Plain - you can just assemble your sandwich on any plain bread of your choice.
- On Toast - toast your bread first and then assemble your vegan bacon, lettuce and tomatoes on after. This gives it more of a crunch.
- Grilled - for a hot grilled BLT, assemble the BLT with everything except for the mayo. Then butter the outer sides of the sandwich and grill it over medium heat until it's golden brown. Add the mayo at the end to prevent it from becoming runny.
Notes
Change things up and add avocado, sprouts, cucumbers, pickles or bell peppers to make it your own.
Nutrition
Serving: 1sandwich | Calories: 269kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 415mg | Potassium: 358mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 900IU | Vitamin C: 15mg | Calcium: 88mg | Iron: 2mg
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Best. Vegan. Bacon.
Period. I accidentally left them soaking for 24 hours but the result was amazing. Tempeh was a little fragile though. Thank you so much!!
You're welcome! I'm so happy that you liked it! I love tempeh bacon too! 🙂
I just made these last night for dinner with your tempeh bacon. It was delicious! This will be what I will make from now on when I want an easy dinner.