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BLT Avocado Brunch Salad Recipe

This hearty BLT Avocado Brunch Salad is full of crispy bacon, creamy avocado, soft-boiled eggs, tomatoes, and a warm bacon vinaigrette massaged into kale.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Salad
Cuisine: American
Total Cost: $9.23 recipe / $2.30 serving
Servings: 4 entrée size salads / 2 heaping cups salad per person
Calories: 344kcal
Author: Jess Rice

Ingredients

  • 4 eggs, soft-boiled* $1.64
  • 1 bunch kale (about 5 cups) $1.24
  • 6 pieces of bacon, cooked until crispy** $2.12
  • 1 avocado $1.00
  • 1 cup grape tomatoes $2.00

Warm Bacon Vinaigrette

  • ¼ cup red onion, finely diced*** $0.53
  • ¼ cup bacon fat + olive oil if necessary**** $0.39
  • ¼ cup apple cider vinegar $0.14
  • 2 Tbsp brown sugar $0.06
  • 1 tsp salt $0.01
  • ½ tsp freshly cracked black pepper $0.10

Instructions

  • Gather your ingredients. Soft-boil 4 eggs (using our handy dandy guide!) and carefully peel them.
  • Remove the kale from its stems, tearing it into bite size pieces. Wash thoroughly and pat dry or use a salad spinner.
  • Cook the bacon until crispy using our fool proof oven baked bacon recipe, reserving up to ¼ cup of the bacon fat for the vinaigrette.
  • Roughly chop crispy bacon, dice avocado, halve tomatoes, and finely dice onion.
  • Make the dressing: Pour the rendered bacon fat into a measuring cup. Pour off all but ¼ cup (or add olive oil to reach ¼ cup). To a small bowl, combine apple cider vinegar, finely diced red onion, brown sugar, salt, and black pepper. Briskly whisk together, slowly streaming in the bacon fat/oil mixture while continuing to whisk.
  • Massage kale with vinaigrette in a large bowl until the leaves turn more tender and vibrant green.
  • Divide kale between 4 bowls and top with chopped bacon, avocado, grape tomatoes, and soft-boiled eggs. If you have any additional red onion, you can also add that. Add another crank or two of additional salt and pepper to serve.

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Notes

*The price of the eggs in this recipe was calculated on 4/17/25.
**I cooked off a bunch of bacon when I started making this recipe to make meal prep for the week easier, but I found 2 strips of cooked bacon per salad to be the perfect amount.
***½ a red onion yielded ½ cup finely diced onion for me. I used ¼ cup total for this recipe. I put the rest in the fridge to use in another recipe later!
****I ended up needing to use 1/8 cup of olive oil in addition to my rendered bacon fat. Yield results for the bacon fat will vary depending on the bacon you use.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 344kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 28g | Sodium: 713mg | Fiber: 5g