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23 Amazing Ways to Use Aquafaba
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    By: Becky Striepe
    April 9, 2018

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Aquafaba—the liquid from a can of beans—is a big thing in the world of vegan cooking. It acts like egg whites in a lot of applications, and it’s changing the landscape of vegan baking and cooking in general. Have you tried using bean juice as an egg replacer yet?

We first wrote about aquafaba at Care2 in 2015. A man named Goose Wohlt first discovered the amazing properties of cooked bean liquid, and vegan cooks all over the world have been experimenting with this magical stuff ever since.

Since its discovery, Wohlt has raised the money to do a nutritional analysis of aquafaba. You can see the nutritional information here. If you’re interested in why it does what it does, Wohlt has a great page summing up the science of aquafaba, as well.

You can use aquafaba from pretty much any bean. I favor white bean aquafaba, because it has the most neutral flavor and color. It doesn’t whip up as quickly as garbanzo bean aquafaba does, but for me it’s worth it for the difference in taste and appearance. Many recipes, though, work fine with any aquafaba. The flavors from the other ingredients will overpower any residual beany taste.
How to Collect and Store Aquafaba

Collecting aquafaba from canned beans could not be easier. Just stick a bowl underneath your colander when you drain the beans. Aquafaba will keep in the fridge for a few days. Just use 1/4 cup aquafaba to equal one egg. Some articles, including some of the early ones I wrote, suggest three tablespoons per egg, but I really like the moisture and lift you get from a full 1/4 cup.

Most cans will yield between 1/3 and 1/2 cup of liquid.

Aquafaba also freezes well. If you’re not going to use your aquafaba right away, you can store it in ice cube trays in the freezer. I am using it so often at this point that I collect and freeze the liquid from my canned beans, even when I don’t have a recipe in mind. That way, it’s available any time the mood to bake strikes.

You can also use the liquid from home-cooked beans. For whatever reason, this liquid is thinner than canned aquafaba. Before using or storing your homemade aquafaba, simmer it on the stove until the volume reduces by half. Then you’re good to go.
23 Amazing Aquafaba Recipes

Aquafaba works in place of eggs in so many different applications. It’s not something you’d want to use in a scramble or quiche, however. Where it works great is in adding moisture, binding and leavening in sweet and savory recipes. These are some of the ways I’m using aquafaba as well as rock-solid aquafaba recipes from trusted food writers.

Yellow Squash Patties with Aquafaba
1. Summer Squash Patties

These are kind of a vegan spin on crab cakes. It’s pretty amazing how shredded summer squash matches the texture of crabmeat in this recipe. Aquafaba acts as the binder.

Garlic-Chive-Muffins-with-Aquafaba
2. Dinner Muffins

These Garlic Chive Dinner Muffins from The Vegan 8 are gluten-free and oil-free. And so, so good!
3. French Toast

YES! You can use aquafaba in place of eggs to make amazing, crispy French toast. Vegan Mother Hubbard has a nice, basic recipe.

vegan-chocolate-chip-cookies
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4. Chocolate Chip Cookies

You can use aquafaba in place of egg in basically any cookie recipe. 1/4 cup aquafaba replaces one egg. These kitchen sink cookies are a family favorite at my house.
5. Caesar Salad

Traditional Caesar salad dressing is made with eggs, and aquafaba works great as a replacement.

Lemon Gin Flip with Aquafaba
6. Lemon Gin Flip

A flip is a traditional cocktail that uses whipped egg whites to create a fluffy foam on top. Aquafaba replaces the egg like a dream. Plus, you don’t have to worry about salmonella like you would with raw eggs!
7. Royal Icing

Royal icing is the stuff used to frost high end baked goods. Aquafaba replaces the eggs like a dream!
8. Meringues

You can get my full vegan meringue recipe below this list.

Cruelty Free Chicken (CFC) Drumsticks, made with aquafaba
9. Cruelty Free Chicken (CFC) Drumsticks

This recipe is sweeping the vegan community right now. It uses jackfruit and cauliflower to get the texture of chicken and aquafaba to make the crispy batter.
10. Mayonnaise

These are so many aquafaba mayo recipes out there. The NY Times published one recently (which I tested and reviewed here), but folks have been making aquafaba mayo for over a year. Peanut Butter & Vegan posted a great one in April 2015, which as far as I can tell is the first aquafaba mayo ever made. Aquafaba discoverer Goose Wohlt has shared many on his site, too.

Vegan Macarons from Floral Frosting
11. Macarons

Charis from Floral Frosting is the aquafaba macaron queen. She has tons of recipes on her blog, and it was hard to choose just one for this article. The ones pictured above are her Birthday Cake Brownie Batter Macarons. Her full list of amazing macaron recipes are on this page.

Aquafaba Dinner Rolls from Fried Dandelions
12. Maple Dinner Rolls

Sarah’s maple dinner rolls are light, fluffy and the pull apart like a dream! She’s also got instructions for how to use this recipe to make slider buns, burger buns, hot dog buns or foccacia.

Vegan Brownies with Aquafaba from Fried Dandelions
13. Perfect Brownies

These fudgy, chewy brownies use black bean aquafaba as the binder. These are also nut-free and soy-free.

Aquafaba Cornbread Muffins
14. Cornbread Muffins

Aquafaba is the key to these fluffy, moist vegan cornbread muffins. You can make them with or without the chives and whole pieces of corn.

vegan-pavlova-aquafaba
15. Pavlova

If you’ve never had pavlova, you’re in for a treat. It’s a meringue layer cake topped with lots of fresh fruit goodness. The Blenderist has a great recipe on her site!

Gluten Free Aquafaba Cookies
16. S’mores Cookies

These decadent cookies are vegan, gluten free, soy free and nut free. Bonus points if you make your marshmallows out of aquafaba, too!
17. Marshmallows

Speaking of marshmallows, you can totally use aquafaba to make your own! Olives for Dinner has a great step-by-step for this.
18. Chocolate Mousse

Light, fluffy, vegan chocolate mousse is a thing. Many people have tried and loved this recipe.

Matcha Chai Cookies with Aquafaba
19. Matcha Chai Tea Cookies

This is another aquafaba cookie recipe that I love. These are crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside—absolute magic!

vegan-omelette
20. Vegan Omelette

I know, I said that you can’t scramble aquafaba like eggs. And you can’t. Chickpea Flour is the extra secret to making A Virtual Vegan’s fluffy, vegan omelettes.
21. Beet Burgers

Want a veggie burger that won’t fall apart? Aquafaba to the rescue!

aquafaba-strawberry-shortcake
22. Strawberry Shortcake

Light, fluffy strawberry shortcake without a single egg? Yes please!
23. Vegan Meringue

Vegan Meringues Made with Aquafaba
Vegan Meringues Made with Aquafaba

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Ingredients

    1 15 ounce can white beans – drained, liquid reserved. You can set those beans aside, because we are done with them!
    scant 1/2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar (or lemon juice)
    1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons sugar (Plus more, if needed.)
    1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

    Preheat the oven to 200F.
    In a large, high-sided bowl, combine the bean juice, vinegar and sugar, and whip with an electric hand mixer or stand mixer on high until you’ve got stiff peaks. I do not recommend hand-mixing, unless if you’re up for an endurance workout. It takes me around 25-30 minutes to get nice, stiff peaks.
    Add vanilla and beat for another 30 seconds, just to incorporate it.
    Scoop tablespoons of your meringue onto cookie sheets lined with parchment paper or a Silpat (I used a Silpat).
    Bake each batch for 90 minutes to two hours (bigger cookies will take longer). Your cookies are ready when they’re crisp all the way through. If they look soft or runny at all, give them 10 extra minutes, then check again. Turn the oven off, but leave the cookies in there for another 2 hours to cool before removing from the oven.
    I had the best results getting these off of my Silpat by skipping the spatula. Instead, I carefully lifted the Silpat and peeled it away from the cookies ever-so-gently. If the cookies are baked through, they peel right off. It’s kind of satisfying!
    Serve immediately. If you have leftovers, store them in an airtight container in a cool, dark place. I've seen some folks recommend throwing a desiccant packet—like the kind found in a bag of kale chips—into your storage container. This helps keep them from going soft, especially if you live somewhere hot and humid.



All images used with permission from recipe authors. Mayo images by Becky Striepe.
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Regina S
Regina Sjust now

Not quite as new as this article suggests but a brilliant "revival" for vegans for sure... Actually this "fake beaten egg white" as it was called then, came up around 1900 in Germany in times of famine...
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Marianne R
Marianne R20 minutes ago

I always drain and toss since the liquid has such a high salt content
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Fiona O
Fiona O24 minutes ago

Thank you for this wonderful article and all of the recipes. I will share on twitter and use many of the recipes.
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Elizabeth H
Elizabeth H29 minutes ago

Hmmm may try one of the above to see what it's like.
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Muff-Anne York-Haley
Muff-Anne Y36 minutes ago

I drain my beans and drain them again. My body is so intolerant of bean juice. It gives me stomach distress for days.
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Wesley Struebing
Wesley S44 minutes ago

Knock yourselves out. I'll eat the beans and send you the aquafaba...
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Anna Ballinger
Anna Ballingerabout an hour ago

Thank you for sharing. Will be giving some of these recipes a try.
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Dr. Jan Hill
Dr. Jan Hillabout an hour ago

yummy and kind.
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Tara W
Tara Wabout an hour ago

I heard about this years ago and still haven't gotten around to experimenting. Thanks for the update!
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Brie B
Brie Babout an hour ago

Thanks; but I'm going to share this with Facebook and Pinterest
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