Vegan bacon. Vegetarian bacon, also referred to as veggie bacon, vacon, or facon, is a product marketed as a bacon alternative. It is high in protein and fiber, yet low in fat, and has no cholesterol. Brands include Morningstar Farms and Smart Bacon.

Vegan bacon is widely available, and there are great reasons to choose it over meat-based products. Smoky, chewy, and full of flavor, no other meat gets anything close to the. I make vegan bacon three ways: with tempeh, with coconut, and with shiitake mushrooms. You can cook Vegan bacon using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Vegan bacon

It's 4 tbsp of nutritional yeast.
You need 1 tbsp of garlic powder.
It's 4 tbsp of olive oil.
Prepare 6 tbsp of soy sauce.
It's 1/2 tsp of liquid smoke.
You need 1 tbsp of 100% maple syrup.
It's 1/2 tsp of ground black pepper.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of Hungarian paprika.
It's of Rice paper (brown rice or white rice).
Prepare of Water.

You'll find all three of my vegan bacon recipes below, along with my favorite ways to use them. This vegan bacon is smoky and deliciously textured and made from seitan! It's crispy, chewy, salty and sweet and packs a serious protein punch too! Well would you look at that?

Vegan bacon instructions

Mix the marinade ingredients together (leaving out the rice paper and water).
Stack 2 pieces of rice paper on top of each other and fully submerge in water for about 5 seconds.
Cut rice paper into bacons strips.
Rub marinade on both sides of the rice paper.
On a prepared baking sheet with parchment paper, add your bacon slices and cook @400 for 6-8 minutes.

These vegetarian- and vegan "bacon" recipes take just minutes to make. They're so delicious that they're sure to appease plant-based and meat eaters alike. This is the ultimate vegan bacon guide! Better for you, better for the environment, and I'm obsessed with vegan tempeh bacon. My first inspiration for this recipe was because I wanted to.