I made EVERY vegan bacon and these 3 are the BEST ONES 🥓

I made every vegan bacon and these 3 are the best ones I've tried! If you're newly vegan or have been for years and you miss the taste and texture of bacon, these 3 recipes have got you covered! From crispy rice paper bacon to chewy and hearty tofu bacon bits, these vegan alternatives will totally impress and satisfy your bacon-craving tastebuds!
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3 BACON RECIPES
All three recipes use the same bacon sauce below:
¼ cup Tamari or gluten-free soy sauce (low-sodium preferably)
¼ cup tomato paste (or ketchup, reduce maple syrup to 1 tsp)
2 tbsp olive oil (or avocado oil)
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tbsp maple syrup
1 tbsp liquid smoke
TOFU BACON BITS
1 batch of bacon sauce
1 block of extra firm tofu
1. Preheat oven to 425°F (or air fryer to 410°F)
2. In a large bowl add all the bacon sauce ingredients and whisk well to combine. Using your hands crumble the block of extra firm tofu into small pieces directly into the bowl of bacon sauce. Then stir the tofu into the sauce until each piece is coated.
3. Lightly spray a baking tray with cooking oil and drop the tofu bits onto the tray, leaving a little bit of space between each piece to ensure they get crispy. Bake for 30 minutes until crispy and slightly charred, flipping halfway through cook time.
4. Sprinkle bacon bits on top of pasta, salads, tofu scramble or any other way you want and ENJOY!
RICE PAPER BACON
1 batch of bacon sauce
10 to 12 sheets of rice paper
1. First combine all the sauce ingredients into a medium sized bowl and pour on a large shallow plate.
2. Pour warm water into another large shallow plate. Take 1 sheet of rice paper and dip and drag them through the water; it will begin to soften almost immediately. Then drag the sheet through the plate of bacon sauce, flipping over to ensure it gets completely covered, shake off any excess. Place it down onto a cutting mat/board. Repeat once more with another sheet of rice paper and place it on top of the other sheet of rice paper. Using a pizza cutter or large sharp knife, cut the double layered 'bacon' sheet into 1½” strips.
3. Heat 2 tsp of oil in a large frying pan on medium-high heat.
4. Take the double-layered strips of rice paper and place carefully into the frying pan, ensuring they aren't touching each other, and cook for a couple minutes on each side until becoming golden and crispy. Repeat for each rice paper strip.
5. Remove from pan and place on a drying rack to continue crisping up. Yum!
SOY CURL BACON
1 batch of bacon sauce
Half a bag of Butler soy curls, rehydrated and water squeezed out
1. Preheat oven to 425F (air fryer 415F)
2. In a large mixing bowl combine the rehydrated soy curls and the bacon sauce until each soy curl is coated and saturated in the sauce.
3. Lightly oil a baking tray (or line air fryer basket in foil and lightly oil) and transfer the soy curls, arranging them in a single layer with as much space between them as possible to ensure get crispy. Bake for 40 minutes (air fry for 20 to 24 mins) until they are a dark golden colour at the edges and are crispy.
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[@steamyvegan]

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[@zachcain2639]

Such a good idea to make vegan bacon for the carbonara. Looking forward to the carbonara recipe!

[@steamyvegan]

Yessss and the carbonara recipe is already up on the channel, my dude! 🤩 VEGAN Creamy Carbonara Pasta Recipe! kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3bHXoaYbsiBe9U

[@TheHolyQuran30in30]

Thank you for trying and reviewing these vegan bacons. I think I will try the rice paper one, I like the crunch and charr😋

[@steamyvegan]

I hope you enjoy! Thanks for watching 🥰

[@itsyagirlapes]

Great video! I wonder if you can flatten the tofu and sandwhich it between some rice paper. Or brush some shredded paper pieces onto the tofu for some crispy patches since bacon usually has some chewy bits and some crispy bits 🤔

[@steamyvegan]

Those are all great ideas. I haven't tried putting small tofu pieces in between the rice paper yet but totally will try it out next time. Thanks for watching!

[@davidthescottishvegan]

Awesome vegan bacon video and good recipes Janelle. It is great that there's alternative to the animal abuse version. Thanks 👍 for sharing and love 🥰 the video and love 😍Steamy Vegan.

[@steamyvegan]

Thanks so much, agreed...so great to have so many options these days!