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The most delicious vegan Chinese recipes on the internet. Better than takeout, make these recipes from the comfort of your own home! Classic Chinese recipes made vegan! Stir fry, noodles, tofu, and more!
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What is better than takeout?
Simple vegan Chinese recipes that can be made in the comfort of your own home! These classic Chinese dishes are easy, delicious, and highly versatile. Most of them can be made in just about 30 minutes! So save on money and make take out at home this week.
You'll find everything from stir fries to Chinese "chicken" to your favorite tofu dishes, noodles, appetizers, and more!
Most of these recipe can be made gluten-free. A few gluten-free alternatives to keep in mind: make sure to use Tamari instead of soy sauce and rice noodles in place of udon or spaghetti.
Many of these recipes are served over rice. You can use your favorite rice of choice. Make sure to follow the instructions on the back of the packaging as cooking time will vary on different rice varieties.
Most of these recipe are highly versatile. Feel free to adjust the heat, add or substitute vegetable, or switch out the protein for your favorite plant-based alternative.
Vegan Chinese Recipes
Vegan Fried Rice w/ Tofu
Make takeout at home! This Vegan Fried Rice is made with crispy tofu, carrots, peas, and cashews for a hearty and delicious plant-based and gluten-free meal the whole family will love.
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Vegan Dumplings
Photo Credit: Cilantro and Citronella These vegan dumplings feature a faux pork, shiitake and cabbage filling. They are the “meatiest” vegan dumplings out there and they are surprisingly easy to make!
Photo Credit: Choosing Chia This General Tso’s Tofu is delicious! It's made with crispy, saucy tofu that everyone will love. It’s ready in under 30 minutes for a quick and easy vegan dinner recipe.
Photo Credit: Vegan Huggs This Easy Vegetable Lo Mein recipe is a delicious, one-pan meal that is done in 30 minutes or less. You'll get a plateful of veggies and chewy, silky noodles that are covered in a scrumptious umami-flavored stir-fry sauce!
Make your own Chinese food at home with this Sticky Sesame Cauliflower with a healthy twist. Vegan, baked, and made with no refined sugar!
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Vegan Chinese Curry
Photo Credit: Vegan Punks Get your Chinese food fix with this Vegan Chinese Curry. Crispy tofu and broccoli mixed with a spicy curry sauce for a better-than-take-out weeknight meal.
You're going to love this Kung Pao Tofu. Tofu marinated in a sweet, spicy, and salty sauce and sautéed with bell peppers, red chilis, and eggplant for an easy vegan meal. Made in under 30 minutes!
Photo Credit: The Cheeky Chickpea Enjoy this better-than-take-out meal from the comfort of your own home! It's a delicious stir-fried veggies and tofu tossed in a sesame soy ginger sauce for an easy vegan and gluten-free meal. Made in just 30 minutes!
Photo Credit: Cookilicious These Cilantro pot noodles are simply irresistible. They are packed with flavors - hot, spicy, and delicious! Better yet? You can make them in only 20 minutes!
Make take out at home with this healthier vegan Orange Cauliflower. Cauliflower florets coated in a sweet orange sauce and baked until they are melt-in-your mouth good. Ready in just 45 minutes!
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Chinese Sichuan Eggplant
Photo Credit: Ethically Living You're going to love this classic Chinese Dish! Soft, melt in your mouth eggplant combined with veggies and the perfect spice blend for an easy vegan Chinese dinner.
If you give one of these recipes recipe a try, snap a photo and share it on Instagram. Make sure to tag @mydarlingvegan so I can see your creations!
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(Just ask for any meat to be replaced with tofu, and check for fish sauce, chicken broth, or beef broth.) Singapore noodles (Specify no eggs.) Vegetable fried rice (Specify no eggs.) Tofu fried rice (Specify no eggs.)
Chow mein noodles are often made from wheat flour and water and sometimes include eggs, which sets them apart from the vegan category. In contrast, ramen noodles, also wheat-based, generally contain more specific ingredients like kansui, which give them their distinctive chewiness.
Excluding any spring rolls that contain seafood or meat, the answer is generally yes, spring rolls are vegan-friendly. The dough is simply made from flour, water and salt and vegetable fillings are nearly always 100% plant-based.
Steamed dumplings. Dumplings offered at a Chinese restaurant are pockets of dough filled with seasoned meat and vegetables, usually pork and cabbage. ...
Is lo mein vegan? Authentic Chinese/Cantonese lo mein is not vegan-friendly because it's made with egg noodles and meat. The good news is that lo mein recipes are very flexible, so you can easily swap the traditional ingredients for plant-based alternatives, like rice noodles and lots of extra veggies or tofu.
Yes, the spring rolls are vegan. As far as allergens go, they only contain wheat and soy—no animal products. Is the Beyond the Original Orange Chicken at Panda Express vegan? Yes, it is.
Signature Lo Mein can be made vegetarian. When ordering, tell your server you'd like the Vegetable Signature Lo Mein. P.F. Chang's Vegetarian items do not contain any meat ingredients, but may contain dairy and eggs.
Wheat, buckwheat and rice noodles are all common and on their own present no dangers for a vegan as they are all plant-based. This can also be true for less-common noodles made with seaweed, acorn or mung bean. Egg noodles, on the other hand, clearly are not suitable for vegans as they combine their flour with egg.
What Are Moo Shu-Style Vegetables? Moo shu is an American-Chinese stir-fry that features chopped or thinly sliced vegetables, egg and sometimes a protein such as chicken, shrimp or pork. It's typically flavored with a hoisin-based sauce and served on a simple, flat pancake similar to a flour tortilla.
The Chinese word for the vegan is 純素食者 / 纯素食者 (chún sù shí zhě) literally “a pure vegetable-ist” or “a pure vegetarian”. The word for vegetarian is 素食者 (sù shí zhě) literally “a vegetable-ist”.
Founded by Jian Yi, a filmmaker, an activist and the founder of the Good Food Fund, the China Vegan Society set out to provide public goods for the Chinese vegan community, diversify the movement and bring vegan lifestyle to mainstream, train the next generation leaders and serve as a window between Chinese vegan ...
BUT it's not vegan or even vegetarian-friendly! Turns out that the bone in bone china quite literally means that it's made from bones of animals that are bred and killed for their flesh (meat)!
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Hi, I’m Sarah. I’m a 14-year (and counting) vegan, professionally trained photographer, former pastry chef,founder of My Darling Vegan, and author of the 4-Week Vegan Meal Plan.