Tofu Bacon

For this tofu bacon we are trying to recreate the experience of eating bacon. It's chewy, crispy, salty, & fatty- all at once!

Course Snack

Cuisine American

Diet Vegan, Vegetarian

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 1

Total Time 1 10

Servings people

Calories 262

Author Timothy Pakron

Ingredients

1 14 ounce block extra firm tofu (high protein is ideal)
¾ cup avocado or sunflower oil
⅓ cup nutritional yeast
½ cup tamari
1 tablespoon Colgin liquid smoke hickory*
½ teaspoon yellow mustard

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 F and line two large baking sheets with parchment paper.
Slice tofu into thin rectangles ⅛” thick (see pictures above) and pat dry with a towel, keeping any irregular or small pieces. Combine the oil, nutritional yeast, tamari, liquid smoke and mustard in a small bowl and whisk well. Dip each strip of tofu into the marinade and transfer to the baking sheet. Pour remaining marinade over the tofu. (When placing the strips on each sheet, dedicate one pan to the smaller pieces and tidbits. These will take less time to cook so keep an eye on them!)
Bake in the oven for 25 minutes.
Remove baking sheets from the oven and gently flip each strip with a fork. (Some of the smaller tidbits and scraps may be done at this point so please enjoy!) Rotate the baking sheets in the oven (top to bottom) and bake for another 20 - 35 minutes (check any smaller strips after 10 minutes) depending on your oven and how crispy you like your bacon!
Definitely check the bigger strips at 20 minutes and if you think it’s done, it’s done. Or continue to bake for an additional 5-10 minutes until it’s crunchy on the edges. This will also depend on how thin or thick you slice the tofu. The thinner crisps will cook faster. Feel free to transfer to one sheet towards the end as the strips shrink in size. At this point, you should be very careful. Don’t wander too far out of the kitchen. You want to push the bacon to the point where it is about to burn but it doesn’t. The goal is to have variations of crispy, crunchy and chewy.

Notes

You can use any variety of Colgin liquid smoke for this. But please note, if you are using another brand of liquid smoke, like Wrights, it is much more bitter than Colgin so I would pull back on the amount you use.

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