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Raw Vegan Coconut Bacon

April 20, 2015 By admin 5 Comments

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raw vegan coconut bacon dehydrator or oven If I had to make a list of some things that complete my life, coconut bacon might be one of them. When I first came to the states a decade ago, I was addicted to Morningstar’s vegetarian bacon. It was wonderful. There was really no such thing as substitute anything for vegetarians in Japan back then, so I devoured every substitute anything I could get my hands on. Plant based “bacon” or facon was on top of my list next to Tofutti cream cheese. So after I went through my transitioning phase, or Faux Faze as my husband likes to call it, I came to terms with the fact that as amazing as these substitute things were, they were in fact heavily processed, not very good for you and I needed to move on. I thought I wouldn’t be able to enjoy my facon again, until I came across something called coconut bacon in recent years. I think I actually heard angels singing the first time I had it! Not processed and made from coconut flakes. It was almost too good to be true. I immediately had to start tinkering with my own version.

Making raw vegan coconut bacon is quite simple.  The key ingredient is the liquid smoke. This stuff makes this recipe, in my opinion. I like using the Wright’s liquid smoke in hickory flavor.  I’ll attach the link below. I also use the mesquite flavor from Wright’s as well. Now technically, liquid smoke is not processed at 118° or below, so not officially “raw.” But it falls under the same category as nutritional yeast as an acceptable divergence in the name of flavor.

You can use whatever smoke flavor you like, but try to find the one with few ingredients. I like Wright’s because it’s just water and natural smoke flavor. Each kind of liquid smoke is different in intensity of the flavor so you would need to adjust the amount you use to taste.  For instance, when I use the mesquite instead of the hickory, I need to up the tamari, maple syrup, and mesquite liquid smoke amounts. Somehow, using hickory smoke makes it intense in flavor with lesser amounts of seasoning than the mesquite.

Assembly is very simple. Put all ingredients into a bowl and gently stir without breaking the coconut chips into small pieces. I find it helps to let it sit for a minute or two, after you stir it a couple of times. It lets the coconut chips soak the seasoning up, and soften so it’s easier to mix together. Taste it and make any needed adjustments.

raw vegan coconut bacon
Line the dehydrator tray with a teflex sheet and lay out the coconut bacon thinly and evenly. 
Dehydrate at 115℉ (46℃) for 6-8 hours until completely dry and crisp.

raw vegan coconut bacon
And now just to give you a few more options, you can use an oven if you don’t have a dehydrator, but it won’t be raw. Preheat the oven to 300°. Lay out the coconut bacon on a baking sheet in a nice thin layer. Bake for 20-30 minutes, while stirring every 5 minutes to prevent burning. Once the color of the coconut flakes turn golden brown like the picture below on the right, it’s done. The coconut flakes will be still soft and you may even see a little bit of moisture at the bottom of the pan, but don’t worry. As it cools off, it will harden and dry out. If you bake until the coconut flakes harden and dry out in the oven, sometime it will end up burning them so so it is very important to go by the color.

You can also bake it in the lowest temperature setting your oven allows. Once again, lay out the coconut bacon on a baking sheet in a nice thin layer. Bake for about 10 hours until dry and crisp, stirring occasionally. My lowest temperature setting on my oven is 140°, and it took 10 hours.

raw vegan coconut bacon
There you have it. Pretty straight forward. Now you can top it on salads, use it on vegan BLTs, anything and everything bacon would be good on. I like to put it in my raw vegan mac & cheese, and now working on a raw vegan carbonara recipe. I will do a raw vegan mayonnaise recipe next week, and a BLT salad after that. Stay tuned!

raw vegan blt salad
Ahhh, coconut bacon, you complete me.

Coconut Bacon
 
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Cook time
10 hours
Total time
10 hours
 
Author: Mariko Sakata
Cuisine: raw food, raw vegan, gluten-free
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 2 cups coconut flakes
  • 2 - 2½ Tablespoons tamari
  • 1 - 2½ teaspoons maple syrup
  • ¼ - 2 teaspoons liquid smoke
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • Some black pepper (optional)
Instructions
  1. Put all ingredients into a bowl and gently stir without breaking the coconut chips into small pieces. I find it helps to let it sit for a minute or two, after you stir it a couple of times. Adjust the amount of tamari, maple syrup, and liquid smoke to taste.

Using a dehydrator:
  1. Line the dehydrator tray with a teflex sheet and lay out the coconut bacon thinly and evenly.
  2. Dehydrate at 115℉ (46℃) for 6-8 hours until completely dry and crisp.

Using an oven (*not raw):
Baking at 300°:
  1. Preheat the oven to 300°. Lay out the coconut bacon on a baking sheet in a nice thin layer.
  2. Bake for 20-30 minutes, while stirring every 5 minutes to prevent burning.

Baking at the lowest temperature setting:
  1. Preheat the oven at the lowest temperature setting. Lay out the coconut bacon on a baking sheet in a nice thin layer.
  2. Bake for about 10 hours until dry and crisp, stirring occasionally.
Notes
Each kind of liquid smoke is different in intensity of flavor, so you will need to adjust the amount you use to your liking. The smaller amount of seasoning in this recipe is the amount I use for the hickory smoke and the larger amount of seasoning is for the mesquite smoke.

Store in an air-tight container. Keeps for 2 weeks.
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@chanjeonyeok さん、拙著の韓国版をご購入くださり、ギリシャサラダを試してくださり誠に有難うございます🙇🏻‍♀️ 海を渡ってヴィーガンチーズを作っていただけて大変感慨深いです✨
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@sattsun_yagi さん、
トマトとバジルのヴィーガンクリームチーズを試してくださり、誠にありがとうございます🙇🏻‍♀️✨

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どうもさっつんです
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サンドライトマトとバジルのクリームチーズ
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@marikosakata さんのレシピで
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ドライトマトは
@alishanorganic さんので
クラッカーにつけて食べるとめっちゃ美味しかったです。
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お父さんによるとワインに合うらしい
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ちなみに私はいつも@marikosakata さんのレシピでヴィーガンバターを作ってます。
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ヴィーガンバターは普通のバターの代用としてお菓子作りに使えるからめっちゃ良い👌
Ying and Yang☯️ My utmost respect to Stacey A Ying and Yang☯️ 
My utmost respect to Stacey Abrams. The word “inspirational” does not quite cut it.
Testing a couple of vegan cheeses🌱🧀 We’ll Testing a couple of vegan cheeses🌱🧀 We’ll see how they turn out🧐
Hope everyone had a lovely holiday season😊

新しいヴィーガンチーズを研究中✨さて仕上がりはどうなるかな?

ヴィーガンチーズのオンラインオンデマンドクラスにご興味のある方はプロフィールのリンクからどうぞ🙇🏻‍♀️
Getting ready to cook some gluten free 100% buckwh Getting ready to cook some gluten free 100% buckwheat soba for New Year’s Eve🍜 It’s a Japanese tradition to eat soba on New Year’s Eve for good fortune and longevity for the coming new year. Probably one of my favorite traditions, because it gives me another excuse to eat noodles🍜💕 I’ll have my bowl of soba to wish everyone good fortune and longevity🙏🏼✨
Happy New Year’s Eve! 

アメリカはまだ大晦日なので、年越しこれから年越し蕎麦を🍜少し自宅から遠い日系マーケットに行く機会がコロナで今年激減したので、大事にとっておいた十割蕎麦を年越し蕎麦に✨

日本の皆様、明けましておめでとうございます🎍2020年はコロナで未曾有の一年で、日本にも一時帰国できませんでしたが、その分オンラインクラスやオンデマンドクラスを通して皆様にお会いでき、又お陰様で増版、台湾語と韓国語版も出版され、実りも大変多い一年でした。昨年は大変お世話になりました。本年も何卒宜しくお願い申し上げます🙇🏻‍♀️
Uplifting a gloomy Monday with this plate of raw v Uplifting a gloomy Monday with this plate of raw vegan cheddar cheese🌱🧀 Hope everyone in LA us staying dry🌧

ロサンゼルスには珍しく今日は一日中雨🌧熟成していた太陽のようなローフードヴィーガンチェダーチーズをおやつに気分転換🌱🧀
Enjoying some post Christmas treats and probably g Enjoying some post Christmas treats and probably going to pass out from sugar crash🎄😝

クリスマスツリーのライスクリスピートリーツ(スピルリナ入り)🎄来年は抹茶味で緑色にしたいけれど、夫が抹茶味あまり好きではないので、レシピ2倍でプレーンと両方作らないといけないかな?
Merry Christmas everyone💚 I made some minty ric Merry Christmas everyone💚 I made some minty rice crispy treats this year, and this may very well become one of our yearly tradition🎄Tastes like crunchy York peppermint patties💕 Hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas✨

ミント味のライスクリスピートリーツ💚ライスクリスピートリーツは幼少の頃にニューヨークで出来立てを食べて以来大好きなお菓子ですが、高カロリーなので特別な日にしか作りません😅今年はミント味にアレンジしてみたら、これまた美味し過ぎて毎年恒例になりそうです✨
When we decorated our tree earlier this week, we w When we decorated our tree earlier this week, we were a bit short on ornaments, but we were able to get extras just in time🎄✨ Listening to Mariah, my QUEEN and tree trimming now❄️ Merry Christmas and happy holidays everone✨

クリスマスツリーの飾りが先日少し足りなかったので、オーダーした追加の飾りがギリギリイブの今日届きました❄️毎年恒例のマライヤ・キャリーやマイケル・ブーブレを聴きながらツリーの飾り付け🎄皆様素敵なクリスマスをお過ごしください✨
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