crisp bacon (and eggs)

crisp bacon (and eggs)
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Servings: 
2 or 3 excalibur dehydrator sheets

try the bacon, but not the eggs(they belong to my parrot)

Ingredients: 

1 medium eggplant, sliced thin, lengthwise
1 tablespoon paprika
1 tablespoon smoked paprika, not raw
2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoon sunflower oil
1 tablespoon agave
1 teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon salt, or to taste
1 tablespoon water, or a little more to thin mixture

Preparation: 

1.mix all ingredients ,except eggplant.(I used an electric food slicer for uniform slices.)

2.brush sliced eggplant lightly with mixture ,add water to mix as needed.(I used my fingers , but a pastry brush works well.)

3.lay on parchment covered mesh dehydrator sheets. I split the wide end of the eggplant an inch or so vertically in the middle and overlapped it to create straight slices…hope this helps:)

4.dry at 115 degrees till crisp.mine took about 12 hours as they were very thin.

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for canadian bacon(pictured on the bacon cheeseburger in my chili-lime fries recipe)and here or bacon bit variation : use jicama

1.thinly slice jicama into rounds,or 1/4 dice.

2.coat with a mixture of 2 tablespoons sunflower oil,1-2 tablespoons smoked paprika,1 teaspoon garlic powder,1 tablespoon agave,and 1/2 teaspoon salt.

3.dehydrate until crisp.

these have the taste and texture of bacon!

11 comments

evergreen's picture
evergreen wrote 1 year 17 weeks ago

hi carrie6292....if you are going to buy anything new,you may want to try an electric food slicer...they are awesome!more versatile and costs less than a good mandoline... you can get a small folding one for less than $30! also JCPenny has nice ones for less than $50! you can slice a whole dehydrator of veggie chips in minutes!the blade is much bigger than any mandoline,once i had a 7" (across!) "jicama-zilla" i could never have sliced that on my mandoline;) i find using it safer than a mandoline,and you can get TOO thin,when i dehydrated some squash they turned out like tissue paper!

carrie6292's picture
carrie6292 wrote 1 year 39 weeks ago

Okay, my mandoline doesn't slice that thin... can anyone recommend a good brand of mandoline? This looks great! I bet it would come out great with either yellow squash or zucchini too... thanks!

evergreen's picture
evergreen wrote 1 year 47 weeks ago

hi everyone...thanks for the nice comments...queenfluff,i first bought a small jar of the smoked paprika in the supermarket,right next to the regular one,and then i found a large jar, for less cost than the small one, at sam's club wholesale club.

queenfluff's picture
queenfluff wrote 1 year 47 weeks ago

Nice version of the eggplant bacon - I'll have to try your marinade sometime. Where did you buy the smoked paprika?

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mrs.rev BT wrote 1 year 47 weeks ago

saving this one to "my recipes" to try later...looks darn tasty~

 
Tiger lily wrote 1 year 47 weeks ago

That is the cutest picture ever! Your parrot is going to have babies!!!

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msrawdiva wrote 1 year 47 weeks ago

can't wait to try it!

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KhaasLadki wrote 1 year 47 weeks ago

YUM this looks SO GOOD! I agree with KelleyS - I absolutely love anything and everything eggplant! I will definitely be trying this soon. :D

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Luna blu wrote 1 year 47 weeks ago

Does this ever look like the real thing! Actually, it looks better!!

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baylorite wrote 1 year 47 weeks ago

great job! zuchinni works well too. they serve it at Julianno's in Santa Monica but i believe it is only soaked in tamari. your marinade is awesome;o)

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KelleyS wrote 1 year 47 weeks ago

GENIOUS. this looks AMAZING. I absolutely love anything and everything eggplant.

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