Vegan Bacon Recipe

Prepare the vegan bacon marinade. In a bowl, whisk together the soy sauce (or tamari), maple syrup, avocado oil, tomato paste, smoked paprika, garlic powder, onion powder and liquid smoke, if using. 

Prepare the crumbled tofu filing. In a bowl, crumble the extra firm tofu into small pieces. Add the nutritional yeast, vegan bacon marinade and olive oil. Stir to combine.

Assemble the vegan bacon. Prepare two large rimmed plates, larger than the circumference of the rice paper sheet. In one bowl, add water. In a second bowl, add the vegan bacon marinade.  Take one sheet of rice paper and moisten both sides of the rice paper sheet. (See notes 2.)

Coat the rice paper with the vegan bacon marinade and place on a cutting board. 

Evenly sprinkle about two tablespoons of the tofu filling over the rice paper.

Moisten a second sheet of rice paper on both sides with water. Coat both sides of the rice paper with the marinade. Place the marinated rice paper over the tofu filling. Press the two rice paper sheets together. Removing any trapped air bubbles.

Slice the rice paper into one-inch thick strips, similar to the thickness of real bacon. Repeat with the remaining rice paper and the tofu crumble.

Coat a nonstick skillet lightly with avocado oil. Place the vegan bacon and cook until your desired doneness. (See notes 3.)

Serve along with vegan eggs or in a vegan BLT sandwich. Enjoy!