I'm making a vegan version of my usual mac and cheese recipe and I have the flavor of the sauce down almost perfectly but I'm looking for a good substitute for little crispy bits of bacon. It just needs to work texturally as something both crispy and chewy. Should I try using seitan, or experiment with tofu a bit. If anyone has some vegetable ideas lemme know because I'm not sure what would hold up structurally the best
This is pretty good advice but I'd add a mushroom extract to your flavoring suggestions. Really pumps that umami
Oh yeah that's a great idea. You can also use hing (asafoetida) for other applications where you need something meaty. People use it a lot with jackfruit. Stinks to high hell though so you'll want to keep the entire container in a zip bag or something.