A perfect vegetarian (vegan even!) main dish, these tofu lettuce wraps are so satisfying, you won’t even miss the meat!

Crunchy butter lettuce with rice noodles and flavorful baked tofu, drizzled with a spicy peanut sauce so good you’ll want to slather on everything.

Lettuce wraps are always satisfying, and this recipe proves that to be true even without the meat.

They check all the boxes in a perfect weeknight dinner recipe: easy, flavorful, and healthy (now that’s a trifecta that’s not easy to achieve!)

Taylor has a reputation for his peanut sauces (I believe one of our earliest published versions he humbly titled “Taylor’s Kick Butt Peanut Sauce” if that tells you what he thinks of his saucy-skills).

One issue I’ve discovered with peanut sauces is their sensitivity to heat. If you’ve ever tried to saute tofu or vegetables in a peanut sauce you probably know what I mean: once it hits the hot pan the sauce separates into a curdled, greasy mess. Why recipes still call for you to do this is beyond me.

Instead, we opted not to cook the tofu or noodles in the peanut sauce, rather save it for a generous drizzle on top of the finished wrap. This way you preserve the luxuriously smooth texture of the peanut sauce, while still coating your mouth with sweet, spicy, nutty flavor.

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