These Vegan Lettuce Wraps are light, crunchy, and bursting with flavor. Filled with a savory combination of sauteed mushrooms, tofu or tempeh, carrots, and fresh herbs, all seasoned with soy sauce, garlic, and sesame oil, they are the perfect balance of textures. Wrapped in crisp lettuce leaves, these wraps are refreshing and low carb, making them an ideal appetizer, snack, or light meal. You can drizzle them with a tangy peanut or hoisin sauce for an added layer of flavor. Healthy, easy to make, and full of flavor, these wraps are a satisfying plant-based dish!
Ingredients
- Dipping Sauce:
- ⅓ cup vegetarian hoisin sauce
- 1 teaspoon water, or more to taste
- ½ teaspoon sambal oelek (chile paste), or more to taste (Optional)
- Seasoning Sauce:
- 1 tablespoon vegetarian oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon water
- ½ teaspoon sambal oelek (chile paste) (Optional)
- ½ teaspoon mushroom seasoning
- ¼ teaspoon sesame oil
- ¼ teaspoon white sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- Wraps:
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 slices ginger
- 5 ounces fried tofu, diced
- 4 ounces jicama, peeled and diced
- 3 fresh shiitake mushrooms, diced
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ground black pepper to taste
- ½ red bell pepper, diced
- 8 large butterhead lettuce leaves
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds, or to taste
Instructions
Steps:
- Mix hoisin sauce, 1 teaspoon water, and 1/2 teaspoon sambal oelek together to make dipping sauce.
- Mix oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon water, 1/2 teaspoon sambal oelek, mushroom seasoning, sesame oil, sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon salt together in a bowl to make seasoning sauce.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir ginger until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add tofu, jicama, shiitake mushrooms, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and pepper; cook and stir until mushrooms are golden brown, about 5 minutes. Add red bell pepper and seasoning sauce; cook and stir until heated through, about 1 minute. Remove from heat.
- Place 1 to 2 tablespoons of tofu mixture in the center of each lettuce leaf. Sprinkle sesame seeds on top. Add 1 teaspoon dipping sauce; roll up lettuce to enclose tofu mixture. Repeat with remaining tofu mixture and lettuce leaves. Serve remaining dipping sauce alongside.
