Think a creamy tahini sauce with bits of salty bacon drizzled over a bed of fresh zucchini zoodles. If you haven’t zoodled yet, this tahini bacon recipe is the perfect reason to get started!
Whenever I make something, I think to myself, “I could put bacon in that,” because bacon gives everything (even ice cream) a decadent, savory touch. Following that thought, this Tahini Bacon Zoodles recipe was born.
There’s nothing better than a creamy tahini sauce over fresh zucchini noodles and getting salty, crunchy bacon in every bite. Just add your cooked bacon to a blender or food processor along with the other tahini sauce ingredients and blend until smooth.
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Then get your spiralizer and transform your zucchinis into noodles. If you haven’t spiralized before, it’s a quick and easy way to turn veggies into Paleo-approved “zoodles.”
After that, you add the zoodles to a pan with the tahini bacon sauce and warm a few minutes to combine the flavors. You can also try this recipe with cold zoodles for a more refreshing dish. Also, feel free to experiment and try the sauce out with sweet potato, beets and spaghetti squash noodles!
Finally, top your Tahini Bacon Zoodles with a few red pepper flakes and you have yourself a light and tasty meal!
Zucchini Noodles Drizzled in Tahini Bacon Sauce
Ingredients
- For the Tahini Bacon Sauce
- 4 slices cooked bacon
- 5 T tahini
- 1 T extra virgin olive oil
- 2 T lemon juice
- 3 t coconut aminos
- 1 clove of garlic
- ½ t dried turmeric
- Salt and pepper to taste
- ¼ cup water (start with less and then gradually add more to thin the sauce as needed)
- For the Zucchini Noodles
- 4 medium zucchini
- Red pepper flakes for topping
- Fresh marjoram or basil for topping
Instructions
- Add cooked bacon and other ingredients for the tahini bacon sauce to a blender or food processor.
- Blend together until combined. If the sauce is too thick, add another ¼ cup of water to thin.
- Next, spiralize the zucchini. Any size blade works.
- Bring a skillet to medium-low heat, add zucchini noodles and tahini bacon sauce. Using tongs, coat the zucchini noodles completely with the sauce.
- Transfer to a bowl, top with red chili peppers and fresh marjoram or basil.
