Can someone help me with a substitution please?

Question

I have found a lot of recipes for quiches that I would like to try.... but most have bacon. Is there a vegetarian substitution that I can find at the grocery store for this? Or can I just leave it out or replace it with something different?
Thanks.

Comment: Veganconscript. While I think you are entitled to an opinion, what you say doesn't make sense to me.
My thinking,
I ask..... Does it look like a duck? Yes. Does it quack like a duck? Yes. Walk like a duck? Yes.
Then it's probably a duck.
However, if it doesn't look, walk, or quack like a duck... it really doesn't matter if you call it a duck; it's still not a duck.

Answer 1

I often use sun-dried tomatoes in place of bacon (the dry-packed ones, not the ones in oil). They have a similar salty, concentrated flavor, for few calories and no fat.

Answer 2

The type with bacon is quiche lorraine, but there's another common type called quiche florentine (w/ spinach). You could try making that one if you like spinach. :)

Edit: Jen, here's a vegan quiche recipe I found a couple of months ago. I haven't tried it yet, since it calls for Redwood products and I haven't bought any yet:

Quiche Lorraine

pastry:
9oz (250g) plain wholemeal flour
4½ ozs (125g) very cold margarine

filling:
10 oz (280g) block of tofu
a little soya milk
1 onion, chopped
1 red pepper, chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 tbsp rapeseed or other vegetable oil
½ packet Redwood rashers, chopped small
¾ packet Redwood Cheezly, grated
1 tomato, sliced

1. First make the pastry by rubbing the margarine into the flour until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add enough water to make a dough which is soft, but not sticky.
2. Roll out and place into a large quiche dish. Bake for 10 minutes at 200°C/400°F/Gas Mark 6 to set the pastry.
3. Now make the filling: mash the tofu with either a blender or a fork, adding a little soya milk for moisture.
4. Heat the oil in a frying pan or saucepan and add the onion, red pepper and garlic. Once it is slightly cooked add the rashers and cook for a minute or two.
5. Add to the tofu mixture along with half of the packet of grated cheezly.
6. Place the mixture into the pastry. Top the mixture with the rest of the grated cheezly and the sliced tomato. Place in the oven and cook for 30-40 mins.

Answer 3

It depends on the recipe, most just want the fat and flavor, but you need to decide what the recipe is trying to do with the bacon. Sometimes you can use soy bacon, if it looks like they are going for flavor or texture, you can try mushrooms and a little oil.

If they want the fat to cook other things in, use a good quality oil, Olive Oil for example would add flavor to the quiche. Or used another type of flavorful oil.

I would make a few small batches and see what works best for you.

Good luck. and I hoped it helped

Good luck

Answer 4

The suggestion to use sundried tomatos sounds really good. There are several bacon analogs on the market, some vegan but mant have egg or dairy. You might try Morningstar, which is available in the frozen "breakfast" section of many supermarkets, or Better Than Bacon, which may require a visit to a natural food store. There are other brands but I can't recall them @ the moment.

Answer 5

Mmm...quiche is yummy. I wonder if I can make vegan quiche? I'm thinking no.
Anyway, go with the baco-bits that are all soy. They plump when you cook them and will give a good chew. if you just want the flavor, you can add a dash of smoked flavoring (like Colgins).
Leaving it out shouldn't pose a problem with the way the quiche cooks, as I'm sure it's only present for flavoring.

Answer 6

I make my quiche with a veggie filling. Onion & Mushrooms, no bacon. Lightly saute the veggies first.
Seems to me there is a line of fake bacon, comes in a jar.

Answer 7

You can buy bacon-flavored bits made from soy, or just leave them out,. Spinach quiches have no bacon or other meat, and you can make lots of different vegetable quiches. Just use your imagination.

Answer 8

Just leave it out. It should be just as good. Maybe add something else but be careful of the water content in veggies it could sog up the quiche. Try sauteing them before adding. Hope this helped.

Answer 9

Morning Star Bacon Strips...delicious substitute for real bacon.

Answer 10

Morning Star Farms and Lightlife both make a fake bacon that's not too bad. I bet they would be better in a recipe.