rice paper bacon

Amazing, crispy, smoky, savory vegan rice paper bacon, made with simple ingredients. Gluten-free, vegetarian, nut-free recipe. Who knew vegan bacon could be this easy and delicious?

Vegan Rice Paper Bacon

rice paper ((there should be enough marinade to

neutral oil

soy sauce ((or tamari

nutritional yeast

liquid smoke

maple syrup

black pepper

paprika ((I used hot Spanish paprika))

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. (See notes for microwave instructions)

Whisk together all of the ingredients for the marinade in a wide bowl until the nutritional yeast is incorporated well; prepare a second wide bowl filled partway with water.

Prepare a metal, oven-safe rack with a sheet of parchment paper. (Skip this if microwaving).

Cut rice paper into thick strips, or to the size that you want. Note that the strips will shrink in size a little bit when cooking. Some brands of rice paper will crack a little bit when you cut them; Use a large, very sharp knife to minimize this.

Take two strips and stack them. Holding them together, dip them very quickly into the water. (UPDATE: if you have kitchen scissors, try dipping 2 whole rice paper sheets stacked together into the water, then cutting them into strips instead. I don't recommend cutting wet rice paper with a knife, it's not as easy as it seems). They should then start to stick together on their own. Gently squeeze excess water from the fused pair of rice paper strips.

Dip the fused pair of rice paper strips into the marinade and coat it fairly generously; place it onto the parchment paper.

Repeat with additional rice paper/rice paper strips until the rack is filled. NB: Periodically stop to whisk the marinade again and re-emulsify it; the oil will start to separate over time.

Bake for about 7 to 9 minutes, or until crisp. If your oven has hot spots, rotate the tray partway through. The strips can burn easily, so keep an eye on it and take them out as soon as they're done. The end result will be mostly crispy with some slightly chewy parts. :)

Once fully cooled, store leftover rice paper bacon in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days. It will stay pretty crispy. But it probably won't survive 3 days without being eaten :)

Vegan bacon made with rice paper and tofu, and a smokey marinade.

Vegan Bacon

soy sauce (or Bragg's Liquid Aminos

water

tsp liquid smoke

tsp smoked paprika

garlic powder

yeast (optional)

tbsp oil ((for greasing the baking sheet or frying pan))

3.5 oz firm tofu ((This is 1/4 of a block of tofu))

rice paper

Combine soy sauce, liquid smoke, water, smoked paprika, garlic powder, and nutritional yeast in a bowl, then stir with a fork.

Make the bacon-flavored marinade

Pour 2 tbsp of the marinade into a small bowl (to marinate the tofu) and the rest on to a large plate. (This will be used to dip your strips of rice paper.)

Drain and press the excess liquid out of a block of firm tofu, then crumble 1/4 of the block of firm tofu into the bowl with 2 tbsp of the marinade and let it soak while you prepare the rice paper.

Cut the rice paper into long strips about 1 1/2 inch wide with kitchen scissors. (a little wider than you want the final strip of bacon to be since it will shrink a little when it cooks.)  You can layer up to 4 sheets on top of each other when you cut them to save time.

Preheat your oven to 400°F(204°C).

Prepare the ingredients

Spread 2 tbsp of oil on a cookie sheet. (or line it with parchment paper for oil-free)

Dip a stip of rice paper in the marinate quickly.  Don't let it soak and get soft, just get it coated with the mixture.

Lay the strip on the oiled cookie sheet and sprinkle with about 1-2 tsp of crumbled marinated tofu.

Dip another rice paper strip in the marinade and lay it flat on top of the first.  (It will not stick to the bottom layer at first.  Don't worry, they will fuse together and seal the tofu inside once it cooks.)

Repeat this process until your sheet of full of bacon strips, but they are not touching each other.

Assemble the bacon

Place the cookie sheet in the oven and bake at 400 degrees F for 7 minutes.

Take out of the oven and flip each piece and then bake again for about 7 more minutes until the edges start to curl up and it gets crispy.

Cook the bacon

New vegans, trying everything. Thanks for this recipe. Came out perfect.
Had one problem. When I went to cut rice paper it shattered, WHY?

As a lifelong Vegan, i love this. I never was much for bacon, but this is a great option. I do mine in the air fryer. I wish more people did this and less are actual pork. Thank you for this. 
Edgy Veg is also claiming this recipe. As long as  Vegans are putting this out there, it's all great!

Used TVP instead of tofu because that's what I had on-hand, and it was absolutely delicious. Thank you for sharing this with the world.

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