BLT Salad with Bacon Vinaigrette Recipe | Alton Brown

Ingredients

• 12 ounces French bread, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 8 slices bacon, chopped and cooked, fat reserved
• 12 ounces grape tomatoes, halved
• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 12 ounces yellow pear or other heirloom tomato, halved or roughly chopped, if using heirlooms
• 1 small head romaine lettuce, chopped
• 1 tablespoon thinly sliced fresh mint
• 1 tablespoon thinly sliced fresh basil