These vegan quesabirria tacos are crisp, juicy, meaty and full of savoury flavour! The vegan birria consommé has a slow heat that builds but together with the vegan birria tacos it is just the right amount of spice. I first was introduced to birria from TikTok last year when it was making the rounds. It just lived in my head rent free until I saw Stella make this, and I thought, hey. I can totally make this vegan! What is Birria? Traditionally birria is a shredded goat dish from the Jalisco region of Mexico (which is where Stella’s family is from). Dora from Dora’s Table explains that it is a ..read more

Bánh tráng nướng is a popular Vietnamese street food that is savoury, rich, and crisp! I’ve made a vegan banh trang nuong with vegan alternatives because I just had to try it. Original Banh Trang Nuong The original bánh tráng nướng is a street food! Vendors cook it on a grill over hot coals, with tons of green onion, a chicken or quail eggs, Vienna sausage and laughing cow cheese. It originates in Đa Lạt, but I have seen this on social media everywhere in Vietnam. Some also serve it with dried shimp, fried shallots, or chili crisp instead of butter. So I think it’s regional and personal prefer ..read more

In our house, this vegan egg yolk sauce is called “dippy toast”, and it’s always a breakfast favourite! One of my favourite breakfasts in my pre-vegan days was eggs over easy with rye toast, bacon, and coffee. I ate so much of this in university, sometimes at all day breakfast places, or sometimes for brunch post university-shenanigans. There are days where I really miss the diner breakfast experience of being slightly hungover and dipping hot buttery toast. So I recreated this (minus the hangover) vegan egg yolk sauce for that dippy toast experience. How to make a vegan diner breakfast exper ..read more

Korean spicy rice cakes meets cheesy and smokey carbonara, but vegan! This vegan tteokbokki carbonara is rich, spicy, savoury, and perfect for a date night in. This recipe was developed for Violife as a sponsored post on social media, but it’s here on the blog to make things easier to reference with the printable recipe :) It took Eddie a lot time to get on board with gochujang, but now he regularly asks me to make rabokki for that savoury, saucy, sweet and spicy noodle moment. He loves bibimbap and always loads on extra sauce now. This rabokki carbonara takes spicy and savoury rice cakes and ..read more

This vegan tunacado sandwich is refreshingly satisfying with the tofu “tuna”, bright lemony pesto, tomato, and avocado. I didn’t understand the hype until I made it! I always resist the viral TikTok recipes like the feta pasta or my washed flour seitan but then I make them and then I get it. TikTok is the wild wild west but they do know a good viral recipe. Origin of the Viral Tunacado Sandwich This tunacado sandwich is based off of a sandwich from Joe & The Juice, where they have a signature thin, crispy bread, topped with a thin pesto, avocado, tomato, and their tuna mousse (which is no ..read more

This version of vegan tomato egg stir fry based on a Chinese classic, but I made it Vietnamese-style reminiscent of đậu hũ sốt cà! This recipe is one of my family favourite pocket picks that comes together really quickly and with minimal effort. This dish is a Chinese dish in origin, but you might say I’ve completely changed it it with my Vietnamese version. I’m often just cooking this without measuring or thinking, and my muscle memory just gravitates towards vegan fish sauce, scallions, and sugar. As is the Vietnamese way. But I’m sharing this recipe because people kept asking me for it whe ..read more

Often confused as “Korean sushi”, kimbap, aka gimbap, are actually Korean rice rolls that are filled with pre-cooked and pre-seasoned components to create one perfect bite! Throughout my pregnancy and through the early days of postpartum, I was OBSESSED with kimbap. I couldn’t get enough of it. I had endless cravings for these perfectly seasoned bites. My gimbap was full of tender crisp carrots, garlicky spinach, savoury bulgogi mushrooms, tender JustEgg, and of course, marinated burdock and sweet pickled turnip. I think I’ve made vegan gimbap at least a dozen times now, to the point where pe ..read more

Sweet, creamy vegan Thai iced tea with a layer of dairy-free cheese foam that tastes like a cheesecake in drinkable form! It’s decadent but not too sweet. This recipe includes an Amazon affiliate link. The Viet Vegan is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. One of my favourite drinks to order alongside some spicy Thai noodle takeout is Thai iced tea! This vegan version of Thai iced tea has the creaminess and classic vanilla flavour to ..read more

This smoked tofu “crabby” salad is the perfect topping for a vegan sushi bake! It’s great for using leftover rice and is a delicious quick meal! I’ve been eating variations of this grated smoked tofu salad ever since I saw Mary from Mary’s Test Kitchen shred smoked tofu in her California Sushi Bowl Meal prep. I use it for crab salad rolls, and I used it in my recent What I’ve Been Eating Lately video and so many people were mind-blown at this tofu shredding technique. What is Smoked Tofu? Sunrise Tofu makes this smoked tofu that I find at my local Food Basics, Metro, or Longos. It was hard to ..read more

Vegan japchae is the perfect party food: everyone can eat it! It’s full of veggies, flavour, and bouncy, chewy noodles. This Korean noodle dish is a household favourite. By far one of the best side dishes at any Korean restaurant is japchae! It’s made with sweet potato vermicelli, a noodle that is chewy, bouncy, and so satisfying to eat. Is Japchae vegan? In my experience, japchae at Korean restaurants is usually vegan-friendly! Sometimes it may contain beef or pork, but a lot of the time, it is an accidentally vegan side dish. One side dish of japchae usually is around $5-8, which is quite a ..read more