Maple-Molasses Caramelized Tempeh Bacon (Vegan, GF)
An easy tempeh bacon recipe without liquid smoke. It's great for sandwiches or as a side for pancakes or veggie scrambles. It's straightforward, only requiring six ingredients and less than 10 minutes.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/8 cup molasses
- 1/8 cup Tamari Soy sauce also works
- 1/8 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
- 1 240g package of tempeh cut into quarter inch strips
Instructions
- In a small bowl, make maple-molasses sauce: Stir water, molasses, Tamari, maple syrup and garlic powder.
- Add cooking oil to a large frying pan over medium heat. Add tempeh and cook on one side until browned, then flip and cook the other side.
- Once all the tempeh strips are browned on both sides, add the maple-molasses sauce. It will bubble up a lot. Let the sauce cook down for just under a minute and then flip the tempeh strips to get sauce on both sides. Note: Watch the tempeh carefully at this point as the molasses can easily burn.
- Once the maple-molasses sauce coats both sides of the tempeh and starts to harden, remove from heat and serve.
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