6 Gluten-Free Asian Recipes You MUST TRY - Tiffy Cooks (2024)

FAQs

Which Chinese dishes are gluten-free? ›

Lo mein is not usually gluten free. Even if the sauce is thickened with gluten free cornstarch, like many are, conventional soy sauce is made with wheat, so it's not gluten free. Of course, this recipe for gluten free lo mein is made with tamari or gluten free soy sauce, and rice noodles or other gluten free noodles.

1. Rice Noodles. Yes, most rice noodles are gluten-free because they contain rice flour and water, although as always, please check the ingredients, just in case. You will find it in most supermarkets as they are traditional in Asian recipes.

Things to watch out for are, seasoning mixes for example curry blends or powders as they may have gluten containing ingredients or may contain statement. Also on the "need to check" list should be curry pastes or jarred curry sauces and if you're using meats that have been marinated or had ingredients added to them.

Dumplings (especially Chinese ones) are usually wrapped in a wheat dough. If you are gluten-free, be cautious; the dough used for making crystal shrimp dumplings (har gow) contains wheat starch in addition to tapioca flour. The batter used to make rice noodle rolls (cheong fun) sometimes contain wheat starch too.

Traditional hoisin sauce recipes are gluten-free, but today most commercially available hoisin sauces are made with wheat, either to thicken the sauce or in added soy sauce. If you have celiac disease, only eat hoisin sauce labeled gluten-free.

Yes, usually Chinese fried rice has gluten in it. The gluten is found in soy sauce, oyster sauce, and fish sauce. What is this? Traditional soy sauce is naturally gluten free since it is made from fermented soy.

Tapioca noodles – Southeast Asian noodles made from tapioca starch. These translucent, chewy noodles are good in soups or stir fries. Tofu or soy bean curd noodles – Chinese “noodles” made from pressed tofu.

Not all miso soup is gluten free. To make gluten free miso soup, make sure to use gluten free miso paste. Gluten free miso pastes are usually labelled "gluten free." If it is not, you can check the ingredient list to make sure it doesn't contain any ingredients with gluten, such as wheat or barley.

Is Tempura Gluten Free? Nope! Regular tempura is traditionally - and commonly, today - made with wheat flour. While some tempura-specific flours exist that are lower in gluten, they're still wheat flours.

Are soba noodles gluten-free? ›

Soba noodles are traditionally made with buckwheat flour (which, contrary to the name, is actually gluten-free). However, soba noodles regularly also contain wheat flour. We do know that Eden Foods brand of soba noodles does not add wheat flour (so they are gluten-free).

The addition of flour, egg and salt to mashed potato gives you these perfect pasta pillows. Paired with a simple pasta sauce, they make a wonderful easy meal. Gnocchi are easily made gluten free and this is a fun recipe to try at home, when you have the time to spare.

Pad Thai is usually gluten-free, but not always. Pad Thai traditionally uses rice noodles (which are gluten-free), but some restaurants use soy-sauce (which may contain wheat) and sometimes fish sauce is added to pad thai (and a few brands of fish sauce contain wheat).

Orzo is not a gluten-free food. Orzo is made from wheat semolina flour, which contains gluten. Because orzo is made intentionally to resemble rice (which is gluten-free), people will sometimes mistake it for Italian arborio rice, particularly if it's been cooked al dente (firm to the bite).

Even Asian or sticky rice, also called “glutinous rice,” is gluten-free, despite its name. In this case, the “glutinous” term refers to the sticky nature of the rice and not the gluten protein found in wheat, barley and rye.

Rice itself is gluten-free. However soy sauce which is ubiquitous in most fried rice dishes, is usually made with wheat, which contains gluten. The process of making the soy sauce breaks down the gluten, but the components are still there.