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Rice Paper Is Your Preferred Ingredient For Crispy Vegan Bacon
By David Tran
If you don't want to dish out the money for plant-based bacon, making homemade vegan alternatives can be affordable and easy. All you need is rice paper.
While rice paper is often used for Vietnamese spring rolls, it's also great for making crispy, sizzling vegan bacon. Just make sure to cut the rice paper into bacon-shaped bits.
Rice paper is known to be chewy, but roasting it in the oven results in a crispy texture. With the proper seasoning and spices, it will taste like the real thing.
An important component in making vegan bacon is liquid smoke. It helps produce the familiar smoky flavor most people are used to with bacon.
Add liquid smoke to a mixture of soy sauce or tamari sauce, maple syrup, and spices like paprika, garlic, and onion powder to make a marinade that closely mimics actual bacon.
For a punch of umami, add some MSG to your marinade, and feel free to also sprinkle in some nutritional yeast for a subtle cheesy flavor and boost of protein.