Eggplant "Bacon"

[GoDawgs]

Well, Pickles found a recipe on Pinterest for dehydrated eggplant "bacon" It's cut into 1/4" slices and the smoked paprika, onion powder and garlic powder rub made the final product kinda looked like bacon but that's about it. I made three trays of it with two excess eggplants I had hanging around.
I also made three trays of just plain eggplant slices. Here are the "bacon results:

Before:

24.06.25 Dehydrating eggplant bacon 2, BEFORE.JPG

After:

24.06.25 Dehydrating eggplant bacon 2, AFTER.JPG

It wasn't very good and was a bit bitter. To the compost pile! At least the eggplant was free so no loss there. Today I will play with rehydrating the plain slices and see what the texture is like.

[karstopography]

Temperature of the dehydration process was?

[bower]

Nothing ventured nothing gained. A worthy experiment @GoDawgs .

[worth1]

There's no replacement for pork bacon.

[GoDawgs]

Temperature of the dehydration process was?

The article recommended 140-145. Seems a bit high to me but I went along with the recommended.

[GoDawgs]

There's no replacement for pork bacon.

Whole heartedly agree! This wasn't intended as a substitute by any means.

[pepperhead212]

Maybe the seasoned slices could be cooked briefly, like in a microwave, then laid in the dehydrator.