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Vegan Summer Rolls with Tempeh and Peanut Sauce

These fresh vegan summer rolls with peanut sauce are the ultimate easy meal! Made with tempeh (or tofu), they're delicious and gluten free.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Main Course, Salad, Snack
Cuisine: Asian, gluten-free, healthy, vegan, vegetarian
Diet: Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian
Servings: 8 rolls
Author: Elizabeth Emery

Ingredients

  • 1 240g pack tempeh (can use tofu if preferred - see note below), sliced into thin strips
  • 2 tablespoon unflavoured cooking oil (I like avocado or sesame)
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 carrot (medium), shredded
  • ¾ cup shredded cabbage
  • ½ red pepper, sliced into strips
  • 4" piece cucumber, sliced into strips
  • 1 cup shredded collard greens or spinach
  • Alfalfa sprouts
  • 8 rice paper wrappers

Peanut Dipping Sauce

  • 2 tablespoon peanut butter
  • ½ tablespoon Braggs or soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon unflavoured oil
  • 1 tablespoon water

Instructions

  • Prepare all vegetables and tempeh as described above.
    A chopping board with sliced collard greens, surrounded by cut vegetable sticks.
  • Add all dipping sauce ingredients to a small bowl and stir to combine. Set aside.
    Bowl of peanut sauce with vegetables nearby.
  • On a medium heat, sauté tempeh in oil until golden on all sides (about 10 mins). Season to taste with salt and set aside.
    Tempeh being fried in a small frying pan.
  • Pour warm water onto a dinner plate and submerge your first rice wrapper in it. After 5 seconds flip it over to dip the other side in water, then remove. Place wrapper on a chopping board, and fill one half with carrot, cabbage, pepper, cucumber, collards, alfalfa sprouts and tempeh.
  • Fold up bottom of rice wrapper, then fold each side over the ingredients tightly.
    Vegan Spring Roll being wrapped in rice paper wrapper.
  • Serve all rolls on a large platter with the dipping sauce.
    A vegetable salad roll being dipped in peanut sauce.

Notes

  • If using tofu instead of tempeh, there is no need to cook it. Raw tofu works fine in summer rolls!
  • Although these rolls don't contain rice noodles (vermicelli), feel free to use them if you wish. To prepare, soak noodles in boiling water for several minutes until softened, then rinse.