CRISPY TOFU BACON IN 10 MINUTES
Wonderfully crispy and salty-smoky-slightly sweet, this vegan tofu bacon recipe hits all the right notes. And it cooks up in only 10 minutes!
Provided by Kare for Kitchen Treaty
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Slice your tofu.** Lay slices on a couple of layers of paper towels. Add another paper towel on top and press gently to extract some of the moisture from the tofu.
- Place a large non-stick saucepan over medium to medium-high heat. If your burner runs hot like our high BTU burner on our gas stove, opt for lower - medium or even medium low. You know your stove best! You want to fry your tofu nicely, but you don't want your oil to burn.
- Add olive oil to the pan.
- When the oil is hot, lay the tofu slices in a single layer in the pan. The tofu will bubble, sizzle, and maybe even spit a bit so use caution, but know this will result in the easiest, most delicious tofu bacon of your life! Cook until light golden on one side, 3-4 minutes, then flip and cook the other side until light golden, 2 minutes or so.
- While the tofu cooks, mix together the soy sauce, pure maple syrup, and smoked paprika in a small bowl.
- When both sides of the tofu are golden and the slices are beginning to stiffen and look drier around the edges, reduce the heat to low. Reducing the heat is important to prevent burning! Then pour the soy sauce mixture over the tofu and toss the tofu slices until coated in the mixture. Cook, tossing gently, until the soy sauce is evaporated, about 1 more minute. Transfer to a clean plate to cool a bit and then enjoy!
- Tofu bacon keeps, refrigerated in an airtight container, for 3-4 days. But once it sits for a bit, it does lose its crispiness. Still delicious! Just not crisp anymore.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 4 slices, Calories 108 kcal, Carbohydrate 3 g, Protein 6 g, Fat 8 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Sodium 1288 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 2 g, UnsaturatedFat 6 g
CRISPY TOFU AND BACON WRAPS
Who says tofu has to be healthy? Try this recipe, and I promise you'll never think of tofu the same way again.
Provided by SUPERCORDS
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Pork Bacon Appetizers
Time 1h
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Place the tofu, yellow onion, green onion, red pepper, garlic, mushrooms, tomato, and bacon in the bowl of a food processor. Season with fish sauce, red wine, parsley, salt, pepper, curry powder, mustard powder, dill, and ginger; puree until smooth.
- Place an egg roll wrapper on your work surface with a corner pointing towards you. Spoon 1 to 2 tablespoons of the tofu mixture in between the center and bottom corner of the wrapper. Fold the corner closest to you over the top of the filling, then fold in the left and right sides. Moisten the top corner with a little water, and roll up tightly.
- Heat a few inches of canola oil in a large pot to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Fry the wraps a few at a time until the center has cooked and the outside is golden brown. Drain on paper towels and serve hot.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 295.5 calories, Carbohydrate 26.7 g, Cholesterol 9 mg, Fat 16 g, Fiber 2.3 g, Protein 12.7 g, SaturatedFat 1.9 g, Sodium 634.1 mg, Sugar 2.7 g
FAKEN (VEGGIE BACON)
This marinated smoked tofu fries up into crisp veggie bacon! Freezing the tofu and thawing helps to improve the texture, and makes it easier to slice.
Provided by HOLLY BOXRUD
Categories 100+ Everyday Cooking Recipes Vegetarian Side Dishes
Time 20m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Slice the thawed tofu into very thin slices (like bacon). In a medium bowl, stir together the yeast, water, maple syrup, liquid smoke, soy sauce, onion powder and garlic powder. Place the tofu strips into the bowl to marinate for at least 10 minutes.
- Heat butter or margarine in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Quickly fry tofu strips until crisp, turning once, about 5 minutes. Drain on paper towels, and serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 173.9 calories, Carbohydrate 11.8 g, Cholesterol 15.3 mg, Fat 8 g, Fiber 2.5 g, Protein 12.2 g, SaturatedFat 3.7 g, Sodium 311.6 mg, Sugar 6.4 g
THE BEST EVER TOFU BACON
I made a Food.com account just so I could post this recipe. I just became veg and was craving some bacon. Found this originally in Vegnews, changed it up a tiny bit and here it is. Try it, it tastes like REAL bacon, you will NOT be disappointed!! Credit to Allison Samson
Provided by thenewvegetarian
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 35m
Yield 10 slices, 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- 1. Slice partially thawed tofu into very thin slices. In a small bowl combine nutritional yeast, oil, syrup, tamari, salt, liquid smoke, salt and garlic powder and whisk until combined as much as possible.
- 2. Pour bowl mixture into shallow baking dish. Place tofu slices in same dish so they are submerged in the liquid. Marinate for at least five minutes, but no longer than overnight. Be aware, tofu marinated too long will become delicate and easily break.
- 3.Heat sunflower oil in medium cast iron skillet and fry tofu, about three minutes per side. Drain on paper towels and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 113.4, Fat 9.5, SaturatedFat 1.3, Sodium 703.3, Carbohydrate 4.9, Fiber 1, Sugar 2.6, Protein 3.5
BACON WRAPPED TOFU
Make and share this Bacon Wrapped Tofu recipe from Food.com.
Provided by dicentra
Categories Pork
Time 25m
Yield 2-4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Drain the tofu, and wrap in several layers of paper towels. Place on a plate and put a board or another plate on top.
- Leave for a few minutes to drain some water out of the tofu. Unwrap and cut into bite sized pieces that are about the width of your bacon.
- Wrap each piece in bacon, going around at least once so the ends overlap. You may need to cut the bacon.
- Heat up a non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat. Put the bacon wrapped tofu pieces with the overlapping edges side down.
- Cook until crisp, then turn. Keep cooking and turning until done on all sides.
- A sweet-salty variation is to add a little bit of soy sauce to the pan, and a sprinkle (maybe about 2 tsp.) of brown sugar; stir rapidly to melt the sugar, then turn the bacon-tofu in the sauce until the moisture has largely evaporated.
- Eat hot or at room temperature, preferably with plain rice as part of a Japanese meal. Also a nice appetizer or sake drinking accompaniment.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 79.4, Fat 4.7, SaturatedFat 1, Sodium 13.6, Carbohydrate 1.9, Fiber 1, Sugar 0.7, Protein 9.3
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