Chicken BLT
September 2007
This big BLT is for you and the pup to share. Always check with your vet about which foods are appropriate for you to share with your pet.
Makes: 2 servings
Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 15 mins
- 4 slices turkey bacon
- Extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO), for drizzling
- 2 chicken cutlets (6 1/2 ounces)
- 4 slices whole wheat bread, toasted
- 1/2cup chicken or vegetable broth
- Salt and pepper
- 1/2 avocado
- 1 small plum tomato, seeded and chopped
- Juice of 1 lime
- A few dashes hot pepper sauce
- 1 leaf romaine lettuce, torn in half
- In a medium nonstick skillet, over medium-low heat, cook the turkey bacon until crisp, about 11 minutes.
- Wipe out the skillet and drizzle with a little EVOO. Cook the chicken, turning once, until opaque, about 3 minutes on each side.
- For the pup, finely chop 1 piece chicken, 2 pieces toast and 2 slices bacon, and combine in a bowl. Moisten with the broth and serve.
- For yourself, season the remaining 1 piece chicken with salt and pepper and set aside. Mash the avocado and mix in the tomato, lime juice and hot pepper sauce; season with salt. Top 1 piece toast with half the avocado mash, the lettuce, the reserved chicken, the remaining 2 slices bacon, more avocado mash and the remaining piece of toast. Cut the sammy from corner to corner.