Pimiento Cheese Toasts with Bacon & Tomato

(from castro15’s recipe box)

Categories: Sandwiches

Ingredients

  • 12 slices meaty bacon
  • 2 cups shredded yellow Cheddar
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 2 jars pimientos, squeezed dry and finely chopped
  • 6 tbsp. cream cheese, at room temp
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced or grated
  • 1 tsp chipotle hot sauce
  • 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
  • A few dashes Worcestershire
  • 4 slices Texas toast
  • 2 small heads little gem lettuce
  • 2 large meaty beefsteak tomatoes, thickly sliced
  • Salt and pepper
  • 4 thin scallions, sliced on an angle

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375. Arrange the bacon on a wire rack set inside a rimmed baking sheet. Bake until crispy and brown, 15-18 minutes.

  2. In a small bowl, mix the cheddar, sour cream, pimientos, cream cheese, garlic, hot sauce, paprika, and Worcestershire.

  3. Toast the bread on the rack in the oven.

  4. Position a rack in the center of the oven; preheat the broiler.

  5. Slather the toasts with the pimiento cheese. Place on a rimmed baking sheet and broil until the cheese is browned and bubbly, 5-10 minutes.

  6. Place the toasts on plates and top each with 3 slices bacon, the lettuce and tomatoes. Season the tomatoes with salt and pepper and top with the scallions.

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