Name: Vegan Lox Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 24 h 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 medium carrots; ½ tsp kosher salt; 1 cup water; ¼ cup low sodium soy sauce; 2 tbsp caper; 2 tbsp caper brine; ¼ cup rice vinegar; ½ cup canola oil; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 1½ tsp garlic powder; 1 sheet nori seaweed; cracker; vegan cream cheese

How To Make Vegan Lox

Lox is a dish that is commonly made with salmon. This recipe, however, is a highly vegan version of the dish. Learn how to make this vegan lox with capers.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 40 minutes

Marinate Time: 1 day

Total: 1 day 50 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

3medium carrots
½tspkosher salt
1cupwater
¼cuplow sodium soy sauce,or tamari
2tbspcaper,drained
2tbspcaper brine
¼cuprice vinegar
½cupcanola oil
1tspsmoked paprika
1½tspgarlic powder
1sheetnori seaweed,(7½x8¼-inch) torn
cracker,for serving
vegan cream cheese,for serving

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Set the carrots on a baking sheet and season all over with salt, to taste.
Bake the carrots for 40 minutes, until soft and tender. Remove from the oven and let cool.
Meanwhile, in a food processor, combine the water, soy sauce, capers, caper brine, rice vinegar, canola oil, paprika, garlic powder, and remaining salt.
Process until the capers are broken down. Add the nori and pulse to incorporate. Transfer the marinade to a resealable container.
Use a vegetable peeler to shave the carrots lengthwise into ribbons. Massage with salt.
Add the carrot ribbons to the marinade, cover, and refrigerate for 24 hours
Remove the carrot lox from the marinade and serve as desired, such as on crackers with vegan cream cheese. Enjoy!