Fluffy vegan pancakes with aquafaba | Egg-free pancake recipe

Have you ever tried using aquafaba? Don’t knock it til you try it! It’s the secret ingredient to super fluffy, american-style and egg-free pancakes. Here’s how to make vegan pancakes with aquafaba.

What is aquafaba?

Aquafaba is the water or brine that you find in a can of legumes. The most popular is by far the chickpea aquafaba. Instead of draining the chickpeas and getting rid of the liquid, you can save it and use it.

Why is it so popular amongst vegans?

Aquafaba is very popular in vegan baking and cooking because it makes the perfect replacement for egg whites. You can make anything with it, from pancakes to meringues and cakes, as well as savoury dishes.

All you need to do is whip it up with a mixer (or with a fork and loads of patience!) until it become lighter and very frothy. At this stage, the foam will be able to trap air, give structure and fluffiness to your recipes!

As a rule of thumb, 50ml of aquafaba replace 1 egg.

Where to buy aquafaba?

The cheapest way is of course to buy cans of chickpeas and use the brine!

If you’re looking to buy only aquafaba, I recommend LoveOggs Egg Alternative, made with 100% aquafaba.

This is the one I personally use. It works very well and one carton contains the equivalent of 4 eggs. Once open, you can seal it and keep it in the fridge for a few days.

You can find this product on Amazon.

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How to make pancakes with aquafaba

If you’ve seen any of my recipes, you know that I love keeping it simple. I stick to my super easy vegan pancake recipe and simply add some aquafaba to make them even fluffier.

Super simple aquafaba pancake recipe

Ingredients for two servings (makes 6-8 pancakes depending on how big you like them)

150g self-raising flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
100ml aquafaba
1/2 lemon juice
1 tablespoon sugar or sweetener
A few drops of vanilla flavouring - I use MyProtein flav drops
180ml almond milk
1 tbsp oil for cooking

Combine all the dry ingredients together. In a separate bowl, pour the aquafaba and whisk it until it gets pale and fluffy (less than one minute with a mixer). Add the lemon juice and milk.

Combine both mixtures together, you should get a fairly thick batter.

Now, heat up a pan, grease it and make pancakes!

My current toppings of choice are warm berries and a drizzle of Sweet Freedom Choc Shot. You can also try Date Syrup with coconut yogurt or Agave Syrup and banana.