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Vietnamese Dishes


As someone who grew up in a Vietnamese household, I have a lot of ties to my root. I’ll admit, Vietnamese recipes tend to be difficult for me to develop. But over the years, access to vegan fish sauce and different mock meats have made things a lot easier. Hopefully I’ll be adding more veganized traditional Vietnamese dishes soon!

Bánh bột chiên chay – Vegan Vietnamese Fried Rice Cake

Bánh Bột Lọc Tran Chay – Vegan Vietnamese Clear Dumplings

Bánh cướn chay - Vietnamese Vegetarian Stuffed Rice Rolls from alimentageuse.com

Bánh cuốn chay – Vietnamese Vegetarian Steamed Rice Rolls

Banh It Tran Vietnamese Mung Bean Dumplings

Nước chấm chay - Vietnamese Vegetarian Dipping Sauce from alimentageuse.com

Bún chả giò chay – Rice Noodle Vermicelli with Vegetarian Spring Rolls

Canh Kho Qua Chay - Vegan Stuffed Bittermelon Sou

Canh Khổ Qua Chay (Vegan Stuffed Bitter Melon Soup)

Cauliflower Rice/Cauliflower Couscous

Cháo Đậu Xanh Chay – Vegan Rice Porridge with Green Mung Beans

Che Ba Mau - Vietnamese Three Bean Dessert

Chè Ba Màu – Vietnamese Three Colour Bean Dessert

side view of coconut pandan jellies on a plate

Coconut Pandan Jelly – Thạch Rau Câu Lá Dứa

Vietnamese Deconstructed Fresh Spring Roll Bowl - Light lunch with tons of fresh flavour | Je suis alimentageuse | #vegan #vietnamese #noodle

Deconstructed Fresh Spring Roll Bowl

Do Chua — Vietnamese Quick Pickled Carrots and Daikon

Do Chua — Vietnamese Quick Pickled Carrots and Daikon

Garlic Bok Choy | The Viet Vegan | One of my favourite ways to eat bok choy :)

Garlic Bok Choy (Vegan & Gluten-Free)

Green Papaya Salad

Green Papaya Salad + Vegan Cookbook Love for Veganuary: This Rawsome Vegan Life Cookbook

Homemade Vegan Vietnamese Pho

Instant Pot Vegan Pho | The Viet Vegan

Instant Pot Vegan Pho

Lemongrass Tofu (Đậu Hũ Sả)

Lemongrass Tofu Fresh Spring Rolls

lemongrass tofu vermicelli noodle bowl with cucumber, lettuce, and pickled carrots and daikon for topping

Lemongrass Tofu Vermicelli Bowl (Bún Đậu Hũ Sả)

Fresh mango lassi recipe for a tropical treat from alimentgeuse.com #mango #dessert #smoothie #drink

Mango Lassi (Sinh to xoai)

Marinated Tofu Fresh Spring Rolls with Peanut Sauce - alimentageuse.com #vietnamese #appetizers #vegan #GF

Marinated Tofu Fresh Spring Rolls with Peanut Sauce

Sticky rice in a bowl with peanuts, sesame seeds and fresh coconut meat

Mung Bean Sticky Rice – Xôi đậu xanh – No Soak + Rice Cooker Method Sticky Rice

nuoc cham with vegan fish sauce bottle, surrounded by lime, garlic, and chili pepper

Nước Chấm Chay – Vegan Vietnamese Dipping Sauce

Stir Fried King Oyster Mushrooms

Tomato Smoothie | The Viet Vegan

Tomato Smoothie

Vegan Banh Mi | The Viet Vegan | #vegan #vietnamese

Vegan Banh Mi

Vegan Bánh Xèo

bubble tea in a tall 16oz jar with a white lid and metal straw

Vegan Boba Milk Tea

A plate of vegan char siu bao buns with one split open to reveal the char siu seitan inside

Vegan Char Siu Bao (BBQ Buns)

Vegan Fried Rice | The Viet Vegan

Vegan Egg Fried Rice

Vegan Green Tea Bubble Tea | The Viet Vegan | DIY bubble tea, much cheaper, super easy, and you can sweeten to your taste!

Vegan Green Tea Bubble Tea

Vegan Lemongrass Beef Banh Mi

Vegan Mushroom Noodle Soup

vegan pate on a black and white tablecloth with pickled carrots and daikon and a pothos

Vegan Pâté

Vegan Satay with Soy Curls

Vegan Spicy Lemongrass Noodle Soup | The Viet Vegan

Vegan Spicy Lemongrass Noodle Soup

Vegan Steamed Buns - Banh Bao Chay

Vegan Steamed Buns (Banh Bao Chay)

Vegan Tomato Stir Fry Salad – Salad trộn cà chua

Vegan Vietnamese Chao (Congee) - The Viet Vegan

Vegan Vietnamese Chao (Congee)

meatloaf slices on a plate with a mound of white rice, cucumber, sliced tomato, and sauce, from above

Vegan Vietnamese Egg Meatloaf – Chả Trứng Chay

Vegan Vietnamese Fried Tofu with Tomatoes (Đậu hũ sốt cà)

vermicelli bowl with spring rolls, noodles, pickled carrots and daikon, cucumber and lettuce

Vegan Vietnamese Grilled “Chicken” Vermicelli Bowl – Bún Thịt Nướng Chay

Seven pieces of Vietnamese vegan omelette in a star on a green plate

Vegan Vietnamese Omelette – Trứng Chiên Chay

Vegan Vietnamese Spring Rolls

Vegan Vietnamese Spring Rolls – Chả Giò Chay

Vegan Vietnamese tamarind pineapple soup (canh chua chay) is a homemade favourite full of tamarind flavour, sweetness from pineapples and tomatoes, and spice from dried chili flakes.

Vegan Vietnamese Tamarind Pineapple Soup – Canh Chua Chay

vegan wonton soup in bowls, on a yellow and white kitchen towel, with a spoon, vertical

Vegan Wonton Soup

avocado smoothie in a milkshake glass with a glass straw, held in front of some houseplants

Vietnamese Avocado Shake (Sinh To Bo)

Vietnamese bento with two layers, one with rice, egg meatloaf, pickled carrots and daikon, the other with spring rolls and vegetables and sauce

Vietnamese Bento with Cơm Tấm

braised eggplant in a bowl among some other Vietnamese homestyle dishes

Vietnamese Braised Eggplant – Cà Tím Xào

tofu, mushrooms and vegan shrimp up close in a bowl

Vietnamese Braised Tofu and Mushrooms – Đậu Hũ Kho Nấm (Vegan Thịt Kho)

crinkle cut jellies on a plate with the text Vietnamese Coffee Agar Agar Jelly in the corner

Vietnamese Coffee Jelly – Thạch Rau Câu Cà Phê Sữa

Vietnamese Fresh Spring Rolls with Peanut Sauce (Goi Cuon voi Tuong Dau Phong)

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  1. Catherine Tchen says

    January 3, 2016 at 4:30 AM

    Cam On…. Thank you… It is so nice to find Vietnamese Chay recipes in English.

    • Lisa Le says

      January 3, 2016 at 4:22 PM

      =) Happy to help!

  2. Amber ̣(liên) Meyer says

    March 9, 2016 at 8:09 PM

    Cảm ơn. Em rất vui! I’m a vegetarian who’s learning tiếng việt, so its really great to find some recipes I can try.

    • Lisa Le says

      March 10, 2016 at 9:46 AM

      That’s awesome! Khong co gi! (My computer doesn’t have the accent keyboard installed right now and I’m too lazy to do it). What made you want to learn viet?

  3. Diem says

    July 22, 2016 at 11:41 PM

    Chào! I am Vietnamese and am wondering if you could post a list of naturally vegan traditional Vietnamese dishes? I am really interested in the dessert section of Viêt foods. Cỏn Ơn!

  4. Prethmanaba Rajan says

    September 20, 2016 at 3:04 AM

    Amazing Vegetarian recipes that are a must for me to visit Vietnam next year. Please inform me of the best time of the year to visit and WHAT TO BUY AND SHOP.

  5. keteau says

    November 30, 2016 at 2:57 AM

    Do you make a vegan Dau Sot Ca Chua? Dau Sot Ca Chua Chay? I had this years ago when a Vietnamese friend’s mom had made it and I’ve dreamed of a comparable vegan version. Thanks in advance!

    • Lisa Le says

      December 1, 2016 at 6:16 PM

      I have made it before but I’ve never made it as a recipe! I’ll add that to my to-do list =)

  6. Naren says

    December 1, 2016 at 5:46 PM

    Need some Vietnamese restaurants near Philadelphia and Jersey City area that serve vegetarian Vietnamese cuisine – any help appreciated. I knew a few vegetarian Vietnamese restaurants back in Sunnyvale, CA

    • Lisa Le says

      December 1, 2016 at 5:56 PM

      Hi Naren! I don’t know any restaurants around there, I’m from Canada myself and I’ve never been to Philadelphia or Jersey City. I recommend checking out Happy Cow because they have listings for cities all over the world!

  7. Dona says

    January 11, 2017 at 4:46 AM

    Hello Lisa,
    I visited a buddhist temple not to long a go, and they sold this delicious vegan meat, but I couldn’t find out what it was. The lady who sold it/made it was vietnamese and called it Bo nuong chay. I think it was seitan, but it was cut in thin slices, marinated so it looked brown and it had sesame seeds on it. Do you know what that is? It was really delicious and I asked for the recipe, but she told me it was very difficult to make and also had trouble explaining it to me in english unfortunately :S.

    • Lisa Le says

      January 17, 2017 at 9:45 PM

      Hi Dona!

      If you look up the Gentle Chef’s cookbooks, he has some excellent recipes for seitan with lots of different recipes to mimic different textures. And then if I were you, I would reference the meat-based bo nuong recipes to get the marinade they use (to veganize of course).

      Unfortunately I’ve just gone GF for a few months to see if gluten is the root of my skin issues, so I’ll be steering clear of seitan for the foreseeable future (I’m bummed. I love seitan).

      Sorry I can’t be of more help at the moment!

  8. Mrs E says

    April 19, 2017 at 4:21 PM

    I just adopted a plant based diet and would love to try my hand at some vegan fried egg rolls…do you think you can get your grandmothers recipe?…I have been looking at vegan restaurants around so cal and they seem to have mushroom, taro, carrot. Thanks! My goal is to make a vermicelli dish with all of the fresh veggies and serve this cut up on top of the noodles :)

    • Lisa Le says

      April 26, 2017 at 1:00 PM

      My grandma’s recipe is stuffed with a similar concoction! I’ll probably try to post that recipe this summer :)

  9. My Chi says

    July 8, 2017 at 4:39 PM

    Em cam on rat nhieu! I’m Vietnamese living in England and I can never find vegetarian viet recipes in English so thank you so much!

  10. Kathy Thy Thy Tran says

    July 17, 2017 at 3:57 AM

    Oh, finally found a Vietnamese vegan with all the beautiful and HEALTHY recipes. Thank you for sharing! :*

  11. Rohit Punamiya says

    August 1, 2017 at 9:56 AM

    Hi Lisa,

    Thank you for the great Vietnamese recipes. I am in love with Vietnam with such beautiful locations and people that I got to see from Vietnam during my postcard exchanges.. I am looking forward to travel there, but I was worried about being able to find Vegetarian food in Vietnam. Thanks to you, I do have some vegan dishes I can look for.

  12. Shilpa says

    August 10, 2017 at 5:40 PM

    This looks SO yummy! I had Vegan Pho today & spent a weekend at a Vietnamese Buddhist camp. Such good food.

  13. PA says

    August 29, 2017 at 1:26 PM

    OMG! I am so happy to have found your blog. I follow you on YouTube, but didn’t think to look up your blog!

  14. Anh says

    September 17, 2018 at 2:18 PM

    Cam on that nhieu!!! My husband has recently gone Vegan, and I’ve been raised on a highly carnivorous Vietnamese diet by my mom. This has really helped me to get some ideas for feeding my family. Please post more!!!

  15. MHoa says

    January 6, 2019 at 9:10 PM

    Hi chi,

    I came across your site by chance while looking for some vegan recipes to add into my kids’ menu so that they are used to have more Viet’s food than Aussie’s food :D

    I’m a long term vegetarian but this year marked my time to turn to be a vegan from a massive change in my life late last year.

    I just want to thank you for creating this AMAZING blog with your love for food, eithical for animal and kindness to planet Earth to create this great combination of Viet and Western Vegan Food.

    Keep doing your good work chi, I’m sure I’ll check on your blog very regular as I’m a foodies and firm believer of ethic diet, healthier, happier life :D

    Cam on chi va chuc chi mot nam moi nhieu suc khoe, nhieu nhiet huyet trong doi de tao nen mot the gioi tot dep hon va hanh phuc hon.
    (Trying to test if you can read Vietnamese without ‘dau’ :D LOL – cheeky me!)

  16. Jill says

    August 8, 2019 at 2:47 PM

    xin chao chi,
    Thank you so much for your website ~ it is great! ~ I was wondering if you have a recipe for banh mi xiu mai chay?

    Cam on nhieu!
    ~Jill

    • Lisa Le says

      August 9, 2019 at 8:36 PM

      I do not! But that is something I can definitely investigate :)

  17. Jen says

    September 27, 2019 at 11:28 AM

    I’m so happy to have found your blog via your YouTube channel! I’m also a Vietnamese-Canadian in Mississauga and have just recently starting moving toward veganism, or how I like to call it “environmentally sustainable and socially responsible diet” (not as catchy but less sigmatized). Glad to be able to recreate some of my favourite home-cooking the chay way.

    Would you consider doing a recipe for vegan bi heo? My mother gets it from the temple when she visits and it’s so much better than the meat version.

  18. Amy says

    February 12, 2020 at 11:48 AM

    Hello, I am in search of an easy receipe for my first time cooking Vietnamese food, however I am in search of authentic Vietnamese vegetarian food to try to learn to cook for my husband’s parents that is Vietnamese. I want to make sure they feel welcomed.

    • Lisa Le says

      February 13, 2020 at 5:04 PM

      Hi Amy! Yeah a lot of my recipes are from my mom or my family so they are as authentic as they are XD

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