Ingredients:

- 1 package of vermicelli
a) vegetarian fat:
- leeks
- crouton
- 1 cup oil
b) vegetarian fish meat:
- 250g gluten flour
- 2 ¼ cups warm water
- 2 tbsp seasoning powder
- ½ tsp five spices
c) vegetarian fish sauce:
- 1 ¼ cup boiling water - 2 tsp salt
- ½ lemon (if you like your sauce to be a little more sour, use a whole lemon)
- soy sauce
- 2 tbsp sugar - chili pepper (optional)
d) mint, lettuce, cucumber

Estimated time: 120 minutes
Makes: 4 – 6 servings

A) Vegetarian fat:


- crush croutons into smaller pieces. Chop leeks, (fine) and fry in oil until golden. Pour oil and fried
leeks onto the croutons and mix.

B) Vegetarian fish meat:


1) Put seasoning in warm water. Add gluten flour and stir evenly. While stirring, add five spices in.
Mix together and let it sit for 1 hour. (while waiting, you can cook vermicelli, wash the vegetables,
and prepare soy sauce)


2) After 1 hour, drain the gluten. Use the oil from the vegetarian fat to fry the gluten. Tear pieces of
the gluten flour and fry them. (Do not squeeze the water out) take a spoon to flatten the gluten
down (if it is too thick the flour won’t cook fully).


3) Occasionally, add more oil to pan to prevent over drying. When both sides are evenly brown,
take a lid and cover between 5-7 minutes (on low heat to prevent burning).

C) Vegetarian fish sauce:


- Put sugar and salt into bowl and add boiling water. Stir well. Wait until the water cools down to
warm then add chili peppers, and lemon juice (if the water is too hot when adding lemon juice it can
make your sauce bitter). Add soy sauce in to make a light brown color.

D) Cooking vermicelli:


- Put vermicelli in boiling water for 3 minutes. After 3 minutes, use a pair of chopsticks to loosen
the noodles, turn off heat. Cover the pot and let noodles sit for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, drain
noodles, rinse with cold water to prevent noodle sticking to each other. Let drain then serve on
plates.


- Add a little salt when washing the herbs and vegetables. Let them sit in salt water a few minutes. Clean thoroughly then chop into shreds. You can cut vegetarian fish into long slices or leave it whole, upto your liking.