# Orange Tempeh lettuce cups

Sweet, sour, and spicy orange tempeh lettuce cups that are healthy and vegan.

- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Lunch
- Diet: vegan, vegetarian
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 block tempeh
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 whole orange
- 1 tbsp chili paste
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- 1 whole carrot
- 1 serving vermicelli noodles
- 1/4 head red cabbage
- 6 leaves lettuce leaf
- sesame seed (optional)
- green onion, chopped (optional)

## Instructions

1. Crumble the block of tempeh into small pieces.
2. Heat oil in a pan and add the tempeh, frying until golden.
3. Zest the orange, juice it, and combine with chili paste and cornstarch to make the orange sauce.
4. Grate the carrot using a mandoline.
5. Pour the orange sauce into the pan with the tempeh and add the grated carrot.
6. Stir until the sauce thickens and coats the tempeh mixture.
7. Soften the vermicelli noodles in hot water.
8. Thinly slice the red cabbage using a mandoline.
9. Assemble the lettuce cups by placing vermicelli noodles, sliced red cabbage, and the orange tempeh mixture inside each lettuce leaf.
10. Garnish with sesame seeds and chopped green onion.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLLmw36L/
- Creator: veganbunnyelle
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/c49f2919-1251-43ed-8c52-3191f6e5a1dc
- Extracted: 2026-10-05

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