Every non-vegan to a vegan: how do you live without bacon?

Me: seitan bacon 😋 no animals harmed 

The taste is 10/10 and texture is 8/10.

Becca’s Seitan Bacun

Ingredients:

2 cups vital wheat gluten

1/2 cup chickpea flour

1 tablespoons smoked paprika

4 tablespoons liquid smoke

4 sprinkles of Smoked Chipotle Tabasco

1 tablespoons garlic powder

1 tablespoons onion powder

2 tablespoons ketchup

4 tablespoons steak sauce

4 tablespoons soy sauce

Add water until you get a doughy texture

Steam until done (40 min for me)

Brown sugar

Plant butter

Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl. In a separate bowl, mix all wet ingredients. Knead the dough for 2-3 minutes, adding more VWG if it’s too wet. Steam until done. 

*I made mine the night before and froze for about 1 hour this morning to make slicing easier. 

Slice thinly (I used a mandolin but a sharp knife will do the trick!) Mine was about ¼ inch thick at its thickest

In a saucepan, add butter or oil, enough to coat the bottom of the pan. Add paprika and let sweat for 1 minute. Add brown sugar (I used about 3 tablespoons per batch of bacun) and let it dissolve. Add bacun slices and coat in mixture, sprinkle salt and pepper on both sides, and then cook on medium heat, each side for about 3-4 minutes.

Bacun bits: place seitan in a chopper and pulse until crumbled. Add to pan with butter, paprika, and sugar and cook until browned.

Variations: maple syrup, cracked pepper, spicy, etc.