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You can turn carrots into bacon! Thanks to Tik Tok for great recipe inspo. I wasn’t a believer until I tried it and now I am sharing with you how to make carrot bacon!
This bacon is great on top of pizza, in a wrap, on the side of eggs, as a snack, the list goes on. An air fryer will likely give you the best outcome, but today, we are doing this in the oven. Mainly because I don’t have an air fryer lol. Get ready! You’re going to want to keep carrots stocked in the fridge at all times for this recipe alone.
Thinly slice your carrots using a peeler or you can use a mandolin if you have one. After the carrots are sliced, go ahead and blend all the other ingredients together in a bowl. Liquid smoke is key here!
Now, let the carrots marinate. If you’re in a rush, 10-15 minutes marinating is fine, but aim for at least 30 minutes.
Carrot Bacon – Recipe
Prep Time- 30 minutes
Cook Time- 10-15 minutes
Total Time- 45 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2 carrots
- 2 TBL agave
- 2 cloves fresh minced garlic
- 1/4 tsp liquid smoke
- 1 tsp coarse black pepper
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1/2 TBL liquid aminos
NOTE: soy sauce or tamari is fine in place of liquid aminos.
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350
- Wash and peel skin off of carrots.
- Use the potato peeler to make flat, even strips. This will be the “bacon”
- Mix all ingredients together, and add in the carrot strips. Marinate for at least 10 minutes.
- Line your carrot strips on a baking sheet. I put mine on top of a cooling rack so they wouldn’t steam cook. We really want that crunch!
- Bake for about 10-15 minutes and flip halfway through. Take out when they start forming waves. NOTE: they won’t look crispy yet but trust the process!
- These will harden more as they cool. Sprinkle with salt if you want them to dry out faster and become crispier.
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