As you may know, I’ve tried many, many bacon substitute recipes in the past. Bacon is the single meat that I ever thought was delicious. Well, bacon and steak, but steak was a wavering thing while I always liked bacon. So, in our mostly meatless household, I do a lot of different sub-ins for bacony flavor. I really, really liked my Mushroom Bacon Bits and even my Black Forest Bacon Strips. And I can totally still make those using smoked salt instead of delicious bacon salt (which I discovered had non-whole ingredients once I became a little more vigilant in my label reading). But, they’re not quite the same. So, I decided to try something completely different and completely simple. The greatest part of this substitute is it’s a natural complete protein (quinoa) with a bit of bacony flavor added in. It’s awesome! AND, you can make it “crispy” by pan-frying the cooked quinoa. Awesome! I highly recommend giving this recipe a shot.
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Recipe Source: VeggieConverter.com
The Results
Wowza! I absolutely love this “bacon.” AND, the kids and Mr. Meaty love it!
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i bet that tastes so delicious! love quinoa!
Hey!!! Where can I get my hands on some hickory smoked salt??? I just checked my Penzeys catalogue and its not in there.. Thank you
Dawn
I either make my own or get it at the farmer's market. I imagine you could get it at a health food store though and maybe Whole Foods. To make your own, try this method, with hickory chips and raw white rice in the bottom with large grain salt in the strainer. Home Smoked Chipotle Peppers
What a great way to have the bacon flavour without the bacon – and it's wonderful it is healthy too!