Fakin' Bacon Bits

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons liquid smoke
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1/8 teaspoon sea salt (optional, but i found it needed just a little to kick it up a notch)
• 1 teaspoon ketchup
• 2 tablespoons peanut oil (or vegetable oil-i used corn oil)
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup textured vegetable protein (tvp)

Recipe

• 1 place the liquid smoke, soy sauce, salt, ketchup, oil and water in a measuring cup.
• 2 stir and let stand until fully absorbed, about 25-30 minutes.
• 3 spread over a baking sheet and bake at 250, stirring every 15 minutes until they're dried out, 30-45 minutes.
• 4 store in the freezer.