Food and Recipes Breakfast The Ultimate Fried Egg Sandwich with BBQ Bacon Be the first to rate & review! Piled high with creamy American cheese, fresh lettuce, and crisp BBQ Bacon, this really is the Ultimate Fried Egg Sandwich. By Southern Living Test Kitchen Southern Living Test Kitchen The Southern Living Test Kitchen has been publishing recipes since 1970, four years after the first issue of Southern Living Magazine appeared on newsstands. The Southern Living Test Kitchen team includes a team of professionals with deep expertise in recipe development, from pastry chefs and grilling experts to nutritionists and dietitians. Together, the team tests and retests, produces, styles, and photographs thousands of recipes each year in the state-of-the-art test kitchen facility located in Birmingham, Alabama. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Updated on December 30, 2017 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Alison Miksch; Styling: Caroline M. Cunningham Hands On Time: 20 mins Total Time: 20 mins Yield: 4 servings Ingredients 8 (1/2-inch-thick) country-style bread slices 2 1/2 tablespoons butter, melted 4 (3/4-oz.) processed American cheese slices 2 cups chopped butter lettuces 8 BBQ Bacon slices 1/4 cup mayonnaise 4 Fried Eggs Directions Preheat broiler with oven rack 5 inches from heat. Brush bread with butter. Broil on an aluminum foil-lined baking sheet 1 to 2 minutes on each side or until lightly toasted. Top each of 4 bread slices with 1 cheese slice, 1/2 cup lettuce, and 2 bacon slices. Spread mayonnaise over remaining bread slices. Carefully place 1 Fried Egg on each sandwich; top with remaining bread slices. Rate it Print