Vegan Recipe: Make Vegan Bacon Using Rice Paper | The Edgy veg
[candice] today on The EdgyVeg, i'm going to show you how to turn this ordinary piece of rice paper
[candice] into the best VEGAN BACON you've ever had!
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[candice] now i've seen this done a couple times online and i've tested them out.
[candice] and after about five attempts at doing it, i came up with my own recipe and my own technique.
[candice] to make the bacon marinate, we are going to take a bowl and a whisk.
[candice] and we are going to whisk up some tamari,
[candice] olive oil for greasy bacon goodness.
[candice] nutritional yeast, of course. it helps to thicken it up and give it like a cool texture.
[candice] garlic powder,
[candice] a little bit of liquid smoke,
[candice] some maple syrup for that like sweet flavour that bacon has.
[candice] and then for added kick, and flavour because i'm not afraid of spices,
[candice] paprika and pepper.
[candice] mix it up.
[candice] with your dry rice paper, you're going to take two sheets, put them on top of each other.
[candice] and using a super super super sharp knife, cut them into these like, strips.
[candice] now what we're going to do with these is we are going to take a brush.
[candice] dip it into water, the two should be- make sure they're kind of like same size.
[candice] and brush like a generous amount but not like so that they're drowning in water.
[candice] and then put them together.
[candice] little bit of water on this side,
[candice] i've seen people like soak it online but apparently it's like super difficult to work with and it doesn't crisp up as much.
[candice] so do that with a few strips. and then we are going to take our brush,
[candice] and we are going to paint this marinate onto our bacon strips.
[candice] both sides. and put it on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
[candice] i mean it starts to kind of look like bacon.
[candice] and then we are going to throw this into the oven, for about
[candice] like 7 to 9 minutes, at 400F.
[candice] which apparently is the technique to cooking perfect bacon anyway.
[candice] baking it, not frying it.
[candice] it tends to burn relatively quickly so keep your eye on it.
[candice] and then when we're done, we should have the PERFECT crunchy, salty bacon substitute.
[candice] i think this is the closest thing that i have found yet.
[candice] and it's great because if you leave it in a tupperware, it gets soft again so you could even like
[candice] wrap it around king oyster mushrooms and then have like
[candice] scallops wrapped in bacon.
[candice] bacon wrapped everything!
[candice] bacon double cheese burger, bacon stuffed pizza crust?!
[candice] vegan french toast stuffed with vegan bacon and wrapped in bacon and then fried with bacon?!
[candice] BACON!
[candice] so there you have it, easy rice paper bacon that i think looks exactly like bacon.
[candice] now you can add more of the marinate if you like as softer, more like meatier bacon.
[candice] do you prefer soft bacon, crispy bacon?
[james] as a carnivore, i like it in the middle.
[james] mm!
[james] smoky and kind of ickery-ish.
[candice] so is it carnivore approved?
[james] definitely carnivore approved.
[candice] alright guys, there you have it! carnivore approved vegan rice paper bacon!
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[james] bacon substitate?
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Bacon is one of the most sought after foods in the entire world. Although not the healthiest food you could be eating it certainly is one of the most delicious. Unfortunately it's off the menu for Vegans and the limited bacon alternatives they have at most health food stores fail to live up to the standards bacon lovers have come to expect. COME TO BALI WITH ME! Experience Bali from an Edgy Veg perspective! Eat vegan Balinese cuisine, explore rice terraces, relax on some of the world's finest beaches, and of course, cook up some delish vegan meals with your host, ME! https://trovatrip.com/bali-with-the-edgy-veg-sep-2020 FULL RECIPE: http://wp.me/p2x3lA-2RS BUY INGREDIENTS TO MAKE THIS: http://bit.ly/25wY8my As a bacon fan herself Candice set out to solve this problem and create a proper bacon alternative using rice paper and a bacon marinade. You start by getting out a bowl and whisk. In your bowl add Tamari, olive oil, nutritional yeast, garlic powder, a small amount of liquid smoke, some maple syrup, a bit of paprika and finally some pepper. You will then whisk this all together until you reach a smooth consistency. Next you will take two sheets of rice paper and lay them on top of each other. Then get your sharpest knife and cut them into strips, much like an actual strip of bacon. Now take a basting brush and dip it into water then brush the strips with a generous amount of water. Be sure not to over water the strips, just get them good and moist. Once you have them moistened put them together. The water is key to this process as it helps bond the two strips of rice paper together giving you a more authentic bacon experience when cooked. Repeat this process with a few strips. Once those are laid out grab your brush again and paint the strips with your marinade. After that's complete and you feel you've got a fair amount of marinade on your rice paper lay your strips out flat on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. This keeps your vegan bacon from sticking your baking pan and also makes clean up a snap. At this point you are going to see your rice paper strips beginning to look like bacon. Preheat your oven to 400' and bake your strips for seven to nine minutes. If you leave your vegan bacon strips in for too long they will definitely burn and you will want to avoid that. After all who really wants to eat any kind of burned bacon? Keep a close eye on them as cooking times will vary from oven to oven. After they are looking nice and crispy pull them out and prepare to be amazed by how much they look like real slices of actual cooked bacon. You can, if you so choose, devour this bacon immediately. If you make a bigger batch and put it in the fridge it will get soft again giving you some interesting options. Candice likes to wrap the softer vegan bacon around King Oyster Mushrooms but the bottom line is that the sky is the limit. Anything you could wrap bacon around you can definitely wrap this vegan bacon around, you could even have bacon on your veggie burgers. Don't be afraid to get creative. While it is impossible to truly duplicate the flavor of actual bacon Candice claims this recipe is the closest your going to get as a vegan. What are you waiting for? Get out that bowl, whisk, and rice paper and get cooking! Like what you see here? Subscribe to the Edgy Veg YouTube Channel for regular content you can really sink your teeth into: https://www.youtube.com/edgyveg About Candice: I'm The Edgy Veg, a gal on a journey to revolutionize the food we define as “vegan”. Instead of salads days in and day out I choose to re-purpose familiar favorites, by recreating childhood cravings for an audience with sophisticated palettes and food-nerd obsessions with nostalgic fare. Connect with me on the interwebs here: Follow The Edgy Veg on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1eTMJim (@edgyveg) Follow The Edgy Veg on Instagram: http://bit.ly/18DGpxo (@edgyveg) Visit The Edgy Veg Blog: http://bit.ly/1dxcNmv Like The Edgy Veg on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1gNzEZk See what The Edgy Veg does on Snapchat: edgyvegLike what you see here? Subscribe to the Edgy Veg YouTube Channel for regular content you can really sink your teeth into: https://www.youtube.com/edgyveg GET THE NEW COOKBOOK: http://bit.ly/edgybook