Vegan Aubergine Bacon

Our vegan bacon is made with aubergine (or eggplant), and is smokey and salty, giving it those real bacon-y flavours, guilt-free. It goes really great with a vegan full English, but is also a solid edition to a vegan BLT sandwich.

It's great served as part of a vegan full English breakfast. For the scrambled tofu, we keep it really simple - none of this onion, parsley, cumin etc. nonsense that people seem to add to tofu when trying to replicate eggs. We've already posted the recipe for it as a scrambled tofu on toast recipe, so go check that out, you'll struggle to find a recipe closer to the real thing!

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Vegan Aubergine Bacon

Vegan aubergine bacon is a great part of a vegan full English, or even as part of a sandwich. Serve with baked beans, plant based sausages and tofu scramble for a more substantial meal.

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Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: British

Diet: Vegan

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 2

Calories: 84kcal

Author: Jess & Dan

Ingredients

Metric - US Customary

• ▢ ½ aubergine (80-100g) - thinly sliced
• ▢ 1.5 tablespoon tamari or soy sauce
• ▢ 1 tablespoon liquid smoke
• ▢ 1 tablespoon maple syrup
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vegan Worcestershire sauce

Instructions

• Pre-heat your oven to gas mark 6/200c.
• Mix all the liquid ingredients together in a bowl or dish.
  1.5 tablespoon tamari, 1 tablespoon liquid smoke, 1 tablespoon maple syrup, 1 teaspoon vegan Worcestershire sauce
• Drench the slices of aubergine in the liquid mix, then add to a non-stick baking tray (use greaseproof/parchment paper if you don't have non-stick).
  ½ aubergine
• Brush any remaining liquid onto the aubergine slices on the tray.
• Bake for 10 minutes.
• Remove from the oven, turn the slices over, then bake for another 5-10 minutes - how long they take is really going to depend on your oven, your tray, and just how thick the slices were, so keep a close eye on them and make a call on when they're done!

Nutrition

Calories: 84kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 52mg | Potassium: 378mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 32IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 33mg | Iron: 1mg

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