Fake-on

Bacon always looks so tempting. The occasional splurge to cook with bacon fat rarely satiates the savory craving.

When I stumbled upon a vegetable marinade to mimic bacon I had to try it. The post was labeled, "How to Make [Almost] Anything Into Vegan Bacon" (link below). They instructed the mixture below. This post suggested using the marinade on any food and said coconut meat held the flavor the best.

1 part smoke (liquid smoke) 3 parts sweet (maple syrup, agave, sugar, brown sugar) 4 parts sour (white vinegar or cider vinegar) 4 parts savory and salty (soy sauce, tamari, liquid aminos)

Sweet potatoes have the same shape as bacon when sliced and I happened to have two sitting around. Perfect. Two sweet potatoes made two cookie sheets of finely sliced "bacon".

I used a tablespoon as my measurement with cider vinegar, agave, and coconut aminos (to save phe). The liquid smoke is strong like the post instructs so tread lightly! I added olive oil and sea salt once on the cookie sheet.

I started with my spiralizer but it gave a circular shape so I went to the mandoline. As I was slicing with the mandoline I was thinking about how I would need to mention how sharp they are and I sliced my finger pad. Awesome. I threw some gauze on and a pressure dressing. Looks okay now...Whoops.

If you happen to plan ahead I would suggest marinating overnight to give more flavor. Other than that, these were awesome! I would suggest not much higher than 350 on convection as they are so thin and are likely to burn quickly (I lost one cookie sheet...again, whoops).