Mini BLT Tomato Cups

If you are looking for bite-sized appetizers for your next party, look no more. These mini BLT Cups square measure as cute as {they square measure|they're} delicious! Cherry tomatoes are filled with Eruca sativa and a touch jalapeno dressing then screw-topped with a bit of fresh bacon.

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These tomato cups square measure all the items you'd notice in an exceedingly BLT sandwich, solely in cute, bite-sized course type. Plump cherry tomatoes (the T) square measure hollow out then filled with a bit of Eruca sativa (the L) and fragmented bacon (the B).

Some straightforward to create jalapeno dressing is piped on prime as a result of you cannot have a BLT (or mini BLT cups) while not jalapeno dressing. I swear there is a law this somewhere.

Besides winning all the presentation and toothsomeness points, these very little tomato cups additionally win success within the straightforward to wear away a celebration class. I do know you've got all been to a celebration and tried to snack on one thing mussy solely to own to travel sport around attempting to seek out a napkin to wipe the mess from your face/ stop the juice from running down your arm/ blot the puddle of fill-in-the-blank from the front of your new dress. So not fun.

INGREDIENTS :

FOR THE MINI BLT CUPS :

• 5 strips of bacon
• 24 pieces of baby arugula
• 24 cherry tomatoes

THE CHIPOTLE MAYO :

• 3 tablespoons real mayonnaise (homemade for Whole30)
• 2 teaspoons adobo sauce 
• 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce or coco aminos
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lime juice
• Optional: 2-3 drops liquid smoke 

INSTRUCTIONS 

1. Cook the bacon in a large pan over medium-high heat until crispy. Let the bacon cool slightly. When it is cool enough to handle, break 24 small pieces for the topping and crumble the rest.
2. While the bacon is cooking, hollow out the cherry tomatoes and make the mayo. Cut off the bottoms (they will sit on their tops) and carefully scoop/ shake out the insides with a small spoon.
3. Whisk all the mayo ingredients together in a small bowl. Transfer the mayo to a small resealable plastic bag and cut off the tip. Make the hole very small.
4. Tuck a piece of arugula into each cherry tomato. Spoon a little of the crumbled bacon inside then fill with the chipotle mayo and top with a piece of bacon.