[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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[candice] bye! happy bacon!