Dish-Type Recipe Index

Vegetarian and Buddhist dishes

These recipes are grouped as vegetarian and buddhist dishes because their ingredients, cooking method, or restaurant-menu role fit this dish family.

About vegetarian and buddhist dishes

Vegetarian, Buddhist, mock meat, tofu, gluten, and vegetable-centered dishes.

Recipes in this section: 8.

Vegetarian and Buddhist dishes

Bean Curd with Chinese Mushrooms

Buddhist Vegetarian / Cantonese · Tofu dish · Serves 3–4 · 35 minutes

Bean Curd with Chinese Mushrooms recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Braised Wheat Gluten with Mushrooms

Buddhist Vegetarian · Vegetarian · Serves 3–4 · 35 minutes

Braised Wheat Gluten with Mushrooms recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Buddha's Delight

Buddhist Vegetarian · Buddhist vegetarian · Serves 4 · 45 minutes

A Buddha's delight recipe with tofu, mushrooms, vegetables, glass noodles, vegetarian sauce, and Buddhist vegetarian menu-literacy notes.

Liangpi Cold Skin Noodles

Shaanxi · Shaanxi · Serves 2 · 25 minutes with prepared noodles

A practical liangpi recipe using store-bought wheat starch or rice noodles with chile oil, vinegar, cucumber, and gluten or tofu.

Mock Duck with Vegetables

Buddhist Vegetarian / American Chinese · Vegetarian dish · Serves 3–4 · 30 minutes

Mock Duck with Vegetables recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Vegetable Dumplings

Vegetarian · Vegetarian · Makes 30 · 1 hour

A Chinese vegetable dumplings recipe with cabbage, mushrooms, tofu, scallions, wrappers, and dietary adaptation notes.

Vegetarian Hot Pot Broth

Vegetarian · Vegetarian · Serves 4 · 45 minutes

A vegetarian hot pot broth recipe with mushrooms, kombu optional, ginger, scallion optional, vegetables, tofu, and menu-literacy notes.

Vegetarian Red-Braised Tofu

Vegetarian · Vegetarian · Serves 2–3 · 30 minutes

Vegetarian Red-Braised Tofu recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.