I'm hard of hearing and I totally heard the crunch. I gotta try this recipe out. Not Vegan. Love bacon. But it's time to change and eat healthier. Thanks for your recipe.
I feel the exact same! I love certain things, but do I just love them for the taste? Im not sure! But I've been trying to implement more plant based stuff into my regimen for the past 2 months or so. And I honestly feel better. It might be completely mental, but knowing that I'm trying to do better for the environment in general counteracts it. I have not stopped eating meat (I was raised with steak being the dinner protein for almost 12 years) but I am trying to minimize my meat intake for more plant based substitutes. Every recipe has been delicious from edgy veg or merle o neal.
@Yasin Jadauji while I appreciate the gesture I never intended on going 100% vegan, I'm sorry. I'm just a culinarian looking to expand their palette and hopefully in a small way help the environment. Lol
@@deejmateo832 veganism is not only a diet. you're completely ignoring the fact that you're paying to have sentient beings murdered and raped just to please your taste buds.
This looks good! Thanks for the video and improving the recipe. It’s frustrating watching Gordon Ramsey come out with vegan food, because he’s not as passionate about it. I can never tell if his recipes are a joke or not. I can't wait to try it!!
Great video, can't wait to try this. I tried Gordon's bacon but with tempeh and it tastes way better I also cut out some of the spice from the marinade, cause you can always add flavor.
I haven't seen his actual video and don't know what he was trying to recreate, but in the UK you don't really get crispy bacon like you guys in North America maybe that's part of it? 🤷🏼♀️
Was about to mention the same thing. In the UK we use less of the streaky bacon and make it just cooked and crisped on the edges only. It has to be chewy. Also, every time you mentioned Gordon it seemed like a micro aggression, lol!
The crunchy bacon is such an American thing I think. I've never seen it here in the Netherlands. It's always chewy and meaty, in a good way, with some crips on the edges.
We do crispy bacon here in Norway. So not only American. But I’ve definitely noticed the difference when I went to the UK, where it was meaty and chewey.
@@EdgyVeg I made enough for 1 sandwich that time. What is the best way to store it if I want to make the whole recipe and save some for later? I wanna put it in chopped salads and my vegan ranch pasta salad. Thanks❣
His recipe definitely needed help and there is no better person to upgrade it than the queen of rice paper bacon herself :D You did a fantastic job Candice! I have never been a bacon person but this vegan version seems to be real delicious! . Lots and lots of love for you and the whole team! Stay safe and have a great rest of the week!
I wonder if the reason the original recipe is softer/chewier is because bacon tends to be cooked less crispy in the UK? He might not have been trying to replicate crispy bacon.
Hi, first time seeing your cooking videos. Loved them by the way! I Just had tofu skins at a Vietnamese restaurant the other day, I was wondering how that would work for this recipe...
Put tofu on 1/2 of the sauced rice paper, then fold the other 1/2 of the sauced rice paper over top of the tofu, press down, cut. Might speed up the process a little bit. Thanks for the recipe, always a pleasure!
Candice's version certainly is better but that's not surprising because unlike Gordon Ramsay she has passion for vegan food and more serious about it. I wouldn’t even make the Gordon Ramsay's version because it's too complicated and time consuming. Love 🥰the video and love 💕Candice.
I watched Gordon's video and several recreations of it, including yours. Then I watched this one, and wound up following it. Delightful! I knew I would not like Ramsey's original because of the spiciness, so I am glad I chose to follow this one, including the marinade recipe you use. I am sold! I gave a couple pieces to someone who is not vegan but open-minded. They preferred this bacon to the real deal!
I tried GMs and your original one. Yours was easier and better. What I do now is just 3 layers of rice paper (no tofu). Comes out the best of all, I think. as it's thicker than your original, crispy on both out sides and still just the right amount of chewy inside.
@@EdgyVeg NP. I love you even though i am clearly old enough to be your non-Canadian Dad. I have been vegan since Jan. of 2019, and I love your stories/history, and honesty. it broke my heart to watch the "What happened to the old Candice" vid..... as i had NO idea. i assumed, that your life has been perfect, surrounded by loving supportive humans.... silly me. anyway, i am your biggest veg bodybuilder fan, and try pretty much all of your recipes. rock on Candice! You are making a difference!!! :-)
Bacon in the UK isn't like US bacon. It's more salty anf has no maple syrup. Its more axe head shaped than a strip. I wonder if marinaring the bread from the bread recipe and wrapping it in rice paper would work? 🤔
I have really been having a craving for sweets/baked goods, chocolate and not, I like lots of variety and vegan baked goods/sweets doesn’t always have that (unless you make it yourself). I really love fruits, creamy stuff, and pastry of all kinds! You should do a video for a few of those. :)
The first time I tried a rice paper bacon it was SOOO chewy and floppy and just horribly textured. I think maybe my rice paper was too wet. I’m going to try this out! Also! I’m about to order your book (Finally!)
Hey! So i'm not vegan, but am enjoying these vids, and the idea of exploring with food, replicating meat with other ingredients etc. Got an idea - how about using really small pieces of fried eggplant? until it's super soft and brown, and soaked with oil. that would be way more convincing as "fat" compared to tofu in my humble opinion Regradless, this looks awsome. Now I wanna try it, and I don't even like tofu (and bacon) all that much lol
Nothing works better than experience and the knowledge that you should make the best possible plant based bacon, because there’s no cheating by having the original version ( 🐷 bacon ).
It's surprising to me that some people's version of Gordon's bacon didn't get crispy. Mine were super crispy and I added a lot of tofu. Sauce Stach's attempt also was very crispy. I didn't like Gordon's marinade though. so I'll try this marinade with his version of tofu since it worked for me.
That looks reasonably doable. I'm not one for "meat" substitutes because I've always enjoyed plant's over animal flesh, for the most part but this is actually somewhat nutritious. Good job👍
I guess his concept was good, but it's all in the execution... Have you seen or tried any TikTok layered potato stacks, like @moribyan’s Million Layer Potatoes or @poppycook’s 15 Hour Potatoes? They're really interesting.
Loads of traditional vegan food in the world is spicy. I wouldn't say people in India don't know how to flavour food. On the contrary, their spicy food is delicious.
@@EdgyVeg Thanks! I've never eaten bacon, so I don't know anything about the texture. My brain thought that cooking it in Gordon's recipe could've maybe made it a better texture. Hope you have a good day. :)
I would honestly trim more the tofu and folds the sheets with the filling like 3 strip from rice sheet. And yes your recipe is better than the original, that man it's a joke just mocking Vegans.
With the amount Gordon screws up vegan cooking so royally, it really makes me doubt him as a chef. Whereas your stuff is always incredible! He's professionally trained and should understand the flavor combinations that work
