Green Monster and Lychee TNT
- 3/4 pound bacon, sliced
- 1 tablespoon rock candy
- 1/2 avocado, pitted and flesh removed and reserved (see Cook's Note)
- 1 tablespoon whole milk
- 2 tablespoons condensed milk
- 2 slices Taiwanese pull bread (see Cook's Note)
- Butter, softened
- 1 can lychees
- 3 ounces vodka
- 1/4 fresh jalapeno pepper
- 1 ice cube
- 4 shot glasses
- Cut the bacon into quarters.
- Cook the bacon to a large frying pan over medium-low heat until crisp and then add the rock candy.
- Candy the bacon for 30 seconds, then turn off the heat.
- While the bacon is cooking, add the avocado and 1 tablespoon of whole milk to a blender and blend until smooth.
- Combine 5 tablespoons of avocado mixture with 2 tablespoons of condensed milk in a small bowl.
- Spread 1 side of the 2 pieces of pulled bread with butter.
- Spread the avocado mixture generously, but not so much that it seeps through the bread, on the unbuttered side.
- You don't want it too soggy.
- Spoon the bacon evenly over the avocado mixture.
- Cover with the other unbuttered side of the bread to make a sandwich.
- Heat a grill or grill pan over medium heat.
- Grill the sandwich, buttered side down, until golden brown, about 1 to 2 minutes on each side.
- While the sandwich is grilling, add 4 lychees, 3 ounces of vodka, 1/4 jalapeno pepper, and 3 ounces of lychee juice from the can, along with and ice cube to a blender.
- Blend to combine, then pour the lychee mixture evenly into 4 shot glasses.
- Remove the sandwich from the grill or grill pan to a cutting board and cut into quarters.
- Serve each piece of sandwich on a plate with a lychee TNT shot glass.
- Cook's Note: Use a Bacon or Fuerte avocado, best in fall/winter.
- I don't like the Hass avocado.
- Any Chinese bakery will have sliced pull bread in a bag.
- It's basically a sweeter, lighter, fluffier white bread (not wheat flavor).
- A viewer, who may not be a professional cook, provided this recipe.
- The Food Network Kitchens chefs cannot make representation as to the results.
bacon, rock candy, avocado, milk, condensed milk, bread, butter, lychees, vodka, jalapeno pepper, shot glasses
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