Vegan Bacon: How To Make Vegan Bacon Using Rice Paper
Prep time
Cook time
Total time
This is by far the best vegan bacon out there. I have tried many different types and this is by far the crispiest, meatiest vegan bacon out there.
Author: The Edgy Veg
Recipe type: Vegan
Cuisine: Vegan
Serves: roughly 30 pieces
Ingredients
- 8-10 pieces rice paper
- 4 Tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1 Tbsp garlic powder
- 4 Tbsp olive oil
- 6 Tbsp tamari (or soy sauce if you don't have tamari)
- ½ tsp liquid smoke (you can also sub 1 Tbsp bbq sauce if you do not have access to liquid smoke)
- 1Tbsp maple syrup
- ½ tsp ground black pepper
- ½ tsp of smoked paprika
- 1½ tsp mushroom seasoning or MSG
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400F.
- Prepare 2 baking sheets with sheets of parchment paper.
- In a bowl, whisk together all the ingredients except the rice paper. This will become your marinade. Transfer it to a lipped plate or casserole dish wide enough for the rice paper.
- Place one sheet of rice paper on to the marinade, and flip. Make sure its coated and starting to soften slightly.
- Place onto a cutting board. Dip a second sheet of rice paper, and place on top of the first.
- Now using a pizza cutter, cut rice paper into thicken bacon-like strips.
- Repeat technique with remaining rice paper until the baking sheet is filled, whisking the marinade every so often to prevent separation.
- Bake for about 7 to 8 minutes, until crisp.
- The strips burn easily, so keep an eye on the baking sheet and remove from sheet right away.
- You can store leftover rice paper bacon in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days, or in the fridge for a few weeks.
Notes
If you like softer, chewier bacon follow these preparation instructions instead.
1. Cut the recipe paper sheets into strips as instructed above.
2. Place sheets into the bowl of water until soft, remove from water and carefully lay one on top of each other on a cutting board. Removing excess water with fingers and allowing to dry for 2 minutes or until they have fused together.
3. Dip this strip directly into the marinade, and remove excess with fingers, and place on the baking sheet.
4. Bake as directed above.
1. Cut the recipe paper sheets into strips as instructed above.
2. Place sheets into the bowl of water until soft, remove from water and carefully lay one on top of each other on a cutting board. Removing excess water with fingers and allowing to dry for 2 minutes or until they have fused together.
3. Dip this strip directly into the marinade, and remove excess with fingers, and place on the baking sheet.
4. Bake as directed above.
Recipe by The Edgy Veg at https://www.theedgyveg.com/2016/05/30/vegan-bacon-make-vegan-bacon-using-rice-paper/