How To Make Crimini Bacon - A Vegan Bacon Alternative
These Cremini Bacon bits are smoky, crispy, and addictive. They serve as the perfect compliment to breakfast, pizza, sandwiches, burgers, soups, and salads!
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoon water
- 3 tablespoon liquid aminos or use coconut aminos
- 3 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ teaspoon liquid smoke
- ½ tablespoon cracked black pepper
- 1 pound cremini mushrooms (thinly sliced)
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a bowl, whisk together the first 5 ingredients. Set aside.
- Slice mushrooms very thin (approx. ⅛ inch) and add to marinade. Use hands and toss to coat. Set aside for 10 minutes.
- Spray 1-2 large sheet pans with oil and lay mushrooms in a single layer (none overlapping)
- Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and stir mushrooms around. You will notice that the mushrooms have lots plenty of moisture. This is good because they are on their way to crispy!
- Turn oven down to 200 degrees and bake mushrooms for another 10-15 minutes.
- Remove from oven when crispy, but not burnt. They will continue to crisp up a bit while they sit on the sheet pan.
- When cool, pat dry with paper towel. (Optional: with a large knife, cut to the size of bacon bits).
- Storefor up to 1 week in an air-tight container with a couple of paper towels.
Notes
NOTE: This cremini bacon will lose its super crispy texture after almost 2 days. Still "bacon-y" and delicious!