Bacon Butty

History

The bacon butty is a beloved British café and morning-after staple — back bacon between thick slices of buttered white bread, dressed with brown sauce or ketchup. Unfussy and deeply comforting, it's the nation's go-to hangover cure.

Ingredients

• Thick-cut white bread
• Back bacon
• Butter
• Brown sauce (HP) or ketchup

How to Make

1. 1Fry back bacon until crisp at the edges.
2. 2Butter two thick slices of fresh white bread.
3. 3Lay the hot bacon between them.
4. 4Add a squeeze of brown sauce or ketchup.
5. 5Press, cut in half and eat immediately.

Known for it

• Regency Cafe17-19 Regency St, London SW1P 4BY, UK