We gon be makin bacon today.
But made from plants.
Hey y’all hey it’s Ashley Renne and welcome back to my little corner of the internet where
I show you sustainable and plant-based ways to have a healthier body, home and planet.
By Now unless you have been living under a rock, you should have seen the viral carrot
bacon video by the one and only Tabitha Brown.
Today I am not only going to try that carrot bacon recipe for the first time, but I’m
also going to show you how I make coconut bacon, which is pretty magical if I do say
so myself.
These make excellent snacks.
And speaking of snacks.
I have a magic trick for you.
Alright so here it is.
There’s a little thumbs up button.
You’re going to tap it to like this video.
And when you do a snack will magically appear before your eyes.
Did you do it?
You must have!
Because the snack has arrived.
Now if you’ve been craving bacon lately, note what you’ve actually been craving is
umami.
Umami is the 5th flavor receptor right after sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.
Umami is like a savory flavor or a meaty flavor.
Thankfully you can achieve the umami flavor with plant-based ingredients.
And THAT my peeps is what we are going to do with these two plant-based bacon recipes.
So let’s begin.
Ok so the ingredients you’ll need are tamari, liquid smoke, little bit of black pepper but
that’s optional.
And coconut flakes.
And first we’re going to start out by toasting the coconut flakes, so just put about a half
a cup of coconut flakes into that pan and lightly stir it around until it’s starting
to get brown, right?
And then we’re going to take it off and let it cool about.
Looks kinda like hashbrowns.
Okay so it should be a little bit crunchy.
Mhm it’s got a crunch to it.
That’s perfect.
So now we’re going to let it cool a little bit.
So while that’s cooling, we’re just going to put in our ingredients.
1 teaspoon of liquid smoke.
1 teaspoon of tamari.
1 tablespoon of maple syrup.
A little bit of black pepper but again that’s optional.
And then mix it all together.
Mhmm.
Oh yeah.
Magical.
Now turn that fire back on.
To low this time.
Add the mixture.
And give it a good stir on low just for about 5 minutes.
OKay so you don’t want to overcook this right.
The coconut bacon will crisp as it cools and as soon as it cools down, I’m going to give
this a taste because I don’t want to burn my tongue.
But it smells good.
Okay I’m going to give this a taste test.
Pretty good.
Yeah?
Mhm.
Have you tried it yet?
No I haven’t tried it yet.
Alright.
Oh I’m excited.
This coconut bacon.
Let’s give it a try.
Mmm that crunch.
That crunch is just right.
And it definitely tastes like bacon.
That’s that magic right there.
Ok so next we’re going to try this carrot bacon recipe.
Now I tried the Tabitha Brown version which calls for onion powder, garlic powder, liquid
smoke, smoked paprika, and a little bit of black pepper I believe, but I put way too
much smoked paprika in it, so I just went ahead and decided that I’m going to remix
this and I’m going to try the same recipe I used for the coconut bacon/ I’m going
to see what it tastes like with the carrot bacon.
So let’s see if my little remix works.
Alright so again, we already made our mixture it’s the same ingredients from the last
recipe.
So now we’re just making our carrot bacon strips by just peeling away the carrot.
I got 5 good little pieces.
We’re just going to marinate this.
Oh yeah.
That’s ready to go.
Let’s just let that soak.
And we’re going to put it in an air fryer for 5 minutes at 380 degrees.
Alright now I think I’ll give this one a try.
yeah it’s uh.
You think I should leave out the pepper?
Yeah definitely.
Yeah I think this would be perfect without the pepper.
You can leave out the pepper y’all.
I don’t think this needs pepper.
TA little spice.
A little heat!
Got that Chris Brown heat.
Honestly both of these are bomb.
I like that the carrot one mimics bacon strips and the coconut one looks like bacon bits
which makes it good for sprinkling on top of dishes.
So give them both a try and comment below which is your favorite plant based bacon.
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