Let’s have a little fun. A lot of your BBQ food blog sites don’t give you the kind of weird stuff we give you here. Find me another one that gives you a plant-based weekly post (MrsForensicBBQ is the best!). Today I pulled out a pound of bacon and went thinking of ideas. ABTs? I could – since I haven’t posted on those yet. BLTs? Yeah, did that. Y’all well aware of the Candy Bacon.. so, what can I do to mix it up..
As I was driving home from work (Yes, Mrs and I both work full-time.. and STILL give you ~104 posts a year! For fun!) I was listening to one of my favorite Elvis songs (Kentucky Rain). I may have been singing loud and just enjoying the fact I’m finally done for the day, wondering what I’m going to do with the bacon. Then it hit me. And here we are.
Now I’m not winning any James Beard awards with this one, but I made it.. took pictures of it.. and enjoyed the hell out of it, so maybe you will do. Let’s get it!
The Prep Table
You know what we’re doing. Bacon, peanut butter and ‘naner sandwich. Drizzle of hot honey. That’s what we’re doing. I’ll throw a little bit of BBQ love and smoke the bacon, because I give you my all.
The Process
Really didn’t plan on my first cook post-clean to be smoked bacon. Especially this farm-raised pig my buddy raised. These are some greasy bastards. Anyway, the typical 2-hr, 225F smoke will cook these up just fine. Hit these with a little crack of pepper, but nothing crazy.
I had to clean this thing again after cooking up this bacon. If you’ve ever cooked up my candy bacon recipe, you know real quick how awful that scrub job is. But oh so worth it. This bacon is looking damn good, so let’s pull it off and do the paper towel thing to dry ’em off a bit.
Click on through the above pictures to see the progress, but as you already know.. it’s a simple play. Bacon’s cooked so lets cut those in half. We’re going to throw some peanut butter on the bun and some sliced bananas on top of that. Layer on that smoked bacon (make sure you try a strip before placing on the sandwich. In my case, I tried two for quality control). Hit it with a drizzle of honey and throw it on the Blackstone.
I found these buns at the local grocer and they were light and airy.. and large. I forgot the style name of these buns, but I gotta go back and get ’em. As I’m typing this – I’ve since used these for this sandwich, a BLT, and a couple smash burgers – and so long as you put the right amount of crisp on them.. they might be the perfect bun.
The Result
If Elvis was still around, I’m sure he’d approve of this one. I can see why they’re popular, they really hit a lot of the tastebuds in a pleasant manner. I don’t think I’ve ever had one before this.. maybe the peanut butter/banana part.. definitely not with smoked bacon. Large bun usually means large sandwich.. so I was very full after one of these hard hitters. If you need to mix it up, give this a try.. delicious!
The Recipe
The “Elvis”: Bacon, Peanut Butter, Banana Sandwich
Ingredients
- 1 Lb Bacon
- 8 Tbsp Peanut butter chunky
- 2 Bananas sliced
- 4 Tbsp Honey hot
- 4 Hamburger-style Buns
- Black Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Pre-heat RecTeq for 225F
- Season bacon with cracked black pepper and smoke bacon for 2 hours, flipping halfway through.
- Remove bacon and place between paper towel to soak up the grease.
- Throw a Tbsp or so of peanut butter on each side of the buns. Slice up the banana and throw about half a banana on a sandwich.
- Cut the bacon strips in half and place on the sandwich. Drizzle with honey.
- On a medium-heat Blackstone, place sandwich on to crisp up the bun.
- After desired griddle, remove and enjoy.