Mushroom Bacon (tastes like the real thing!)

Name: Mushroom Bacon (tastes like the real thing!)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 ounces shiitake mushrooms*; 2 tablespoons olive oil (, plus more for greasing the pan); ¼ heaping teaspoon fine sea salt

Instructions

Prep:10minCook:30min

If you told me a few years ago that you could make mushrooms taste like bacon, I’d assume you haven’t tasted real bacon recently. However, I’ve been proven wrong with this method. Not only does this mushroom bacon taste amazing (and remarkably like bacon), but it’s also the easiest to prepare.

Updated at: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:26:44 GMT