{"id":158454,"date":"2010-01-09T10:22:44","date_gmt":"2010-01-09T15:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54fc8012e8833012876b0255b970c"},"modified":"2010-01-09T10:28:56","modified_gmt":"2010-01-09T15:28:56","slug":"missing-the-taste-of-bacon-now-you-can-eat-veganplant-based-and-have-your-bacon-too-kathys-amazing-tempeh-facon-bacon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/158454","title":{"rendered":"Missing the Taste of Bacon? Now You Can Eat Vegan\/Plant-Based and Have Your Bacon, Too. Kathy’s Amazing Tempeh Facon Bacon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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picture courtesy of <\/span>Kathy Patalsky's HHL blog  <\/a>   <\/span>
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Kathy's Amazing Tempeh Bacon<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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"I'm obsessed with vegan tempeh bacon. I adore the BLT sandwich at Teany in
\nNYC, featuring a smoky tempeh bacon. So, I needed my own recipe.
\nEspecially since I wanted to make a vegan club sandwich. You can't have
\na club without bacon! My recipe is a bit spicy, a tad sweet and a little smoky. And a lot yummy…"<\/span><\/span><\/em>
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–Kathy Patalsky, creator of the blog: The Lunch Box Bunch. Healthy.  Happy.  Life. <\/a> and the inventor of Vegan Facon–<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n


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No doubt about it–real bacon is America's favorite "no-no" food.  It's the delicious, crispy, fatty, salty, slightly sweet bad-boy of foods!  And now there's a vegan stand-in.
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Here's where the brilliant Kathy Patalsky comes in.  She's a vegan with a passion for creating mouth-watering recipes.  I've got her blog on my RSS feed and when I read her Best Vegan Recipes of 2009<\/a> post, I immediately clicked on "Tempeh Bacon".<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I bought the tempeh. My husband volunteered to prep it, and make the marinade–tweaking it along the way. I took over from there–baking it in a hot oven, instead of pan frying it, as Kathy suggested. 
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It couldn't have been simpler, and couldn't have tasted better.  It made enough for 5 generous "BLT" sandwiches, and that was after all the pieces I kept sneaking out of the refrigerator before we even started making sandwiches!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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Kathy's Amazing Facon Bacon – <\/span><\/span><\/strong>adapted by the Healthy Librarian<\/span><\/span>
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Servings: enough for 5 sandwiches (and some tastes!)
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Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

8 ounce package of tempeh <\/p>\n

2 TBS. maple or agave syrup (we used maple)<\/p>\n

1 TBS. olive oil<\/p>\n

3\/4 tsp. cumin<\/p>\n

2-3 dashes of cayenne<\/p>\n

2 tsp. liquid smoke (Colgin brand)<\/p>\n

2 tsp. soy sauce (use low sodium)<\/p>\n

3\/4 tsp. thick black pepper<\/p>\n

Directions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Slice the tempeh thinly across the width–making many short-sized pieces, rather than long ones.  This prevents the bacon from falling apart.<\/p>\n

2. Combine all the marinade ingredients and mix well.  Taste, and adjust seasonings, if needed.<\/p>\n

3.  Place tempeh in a shallow pan and pour the marinade over the slices.  Cover, refrigerate for about an hour or more.<\/p>\n

4.  When ready to bake, preheat your oven to 425 degrees.  I used my "convection roast" setting which alternates between baking & broiling.  Place the slices carefully on a foil-covered shallow baking pan or cookie sheet.  If you like, go ahead and spray lightly with a smidge of olive oil.  Bake for about 5 minute; turn slices; and bake for another 5 minutes.  You do not want to burn these<\/strong>, so watch them very carefully–you want them caramelized and a little crisp–but not burnt!<\/p>\n

5.  Note:<\/strong>  I poured the excess marinade over the tempeh before it baked.  I also gave it a very light spraying with olive oil.<\/p>\n

6.  Great on toasted Ezekiel Bread, topped with a little avocado, broccoli sprouts, sliced tomatoes, and a dash of my favorite Terrapin Ridge Spicy Chipotle Squeeze (not-vegan).  I couldn't tell you how much I looked forward to my brown-bag lunches this week.  The "bacon" makes a scrumptious sandwich, and the possibilities are endless.<\/p>\n

For Kathy's original version, click here<\/a>.  <\/p>\n

In my humble opinion, this was 100% better than LightLife's Tempeh Strips–Fakin' Bacon<\/a><\/p>\n

Nutritional Info based on 5 serving per 8 oz. of tempeh:<\/strong> (for fat gram watchers, note that tempeh has its own natural fat content which is what brings the tally up)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Nutrition Facts<\/div>\n
Kathy's
Tempeh Bacon<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Serving Size: 1 serving<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Amount Per Serving<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Calories<\/td>\n138<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Total Fat<\/td>\n6.4g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Saturated Fat<\/td>\n1.4g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Trans Fat<\/td>\n0g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cholesterol<\/td>\n0mg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sodium<\/td>\n71mg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carbohydrate<\/td>\n13.6g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Dietary Fiber<\/td>\n5.2g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Sugars<\/td>\n5.4g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Protein<\/td>\n7.6g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Vitamin A 0%<\/td>\nVitamin C 0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Calcium    0%<\/td>\nIron 0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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picture courtesy of Kathy Patalsky's HHL blog     Kathy's Amazing Tempeh Bacon "I'm obsessed with vegan tempeh bacon. I adore the BLT sandwich at Teany in NYC, featuring a smoky tempeh bacon. So, I needed my own recipe. Especially since I wanted to make a vegan club sandwich. You can't have a club without bacon! […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}