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How to Make Coconut Bacon
Photo: Jonas Ducker

How to Make Coconut Bacon

4 ingredients 2 min + 13 min openrecipes
How to Make Coconut Bacon

Fake bacon that tastes like the real thing. Use it in salads, BLTs, or anywhere else that you would add bacon. This coconut bacon is vegan and gluten free, as long as you use gluten-free soy sauce (like tamari). Recipe yields 3 cups coconut bacon.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

364
Calories
4g
Protein
29g
Fat
25g
Carbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 4 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Coconut 1/2 cup shredded (40g) 283
Maple Syrup 1 tbsp (20ml) 52
Pecan 1 half (4g) 20
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Smoke not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 3 cups large, unsweetened coconut flakes (not regular shredded coconut!)
  • 3 tablespoons reduced sodium tamari soy sauce (or other soy sauce)
  • 2½ tablespoons Liquid Smoke (pecan or hickory flavor)
  • 1½ tablespoons maple syrup

Directions

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By cookieandkate · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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