Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

Homemade vegan bacon

Nigel Frazer-Ashbrook
May 11 at 7:03pm
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Homemade vegan bacon, used kidney beans and wheat gluten flour and a few tablespoons of the infamous aquafaba. Fried up well, chewy just like bacon.
The recipe , 1tin of red kidney beans, 1and half cups of vital wheat gluten flour, 2teaspns nutritional yeast flakes, 3 teaspns miso paste, 1teaspn of liquid smoke, half teaspn of beetroot powder, 1 vegetable oxo cube(crumbled, no water). Blend all together (except the flour) to make a paste like mixture then mix in the flour to make a dough- add a little Un whipped bean juice if mixture is a little dry- knead for a few minutes till smooth. Form into a rectangle about 6inch by 3inch by 2inch. The "fat"is a dough made from gluten flour and water , this is pressed out to the size of the bacon rectangle and "glued" on using some of the bean liquid. I had to press the fat into the bacon to make it stick then roughly reshaped back to a rectangle. Put it in the fridge to chill and then slice the bacon, I found that a few mm slice which is then rolled out a little works well if you like crispy bacon. Fry for a few minutes and enjoy. Of course you can add extra seasonings of your own choice. When I cooked it I added a few splashes of mushroom soy sauce, this gave it a little extra hit.☺