Vietnamese veg parcels

Name: Vietnamese veg parcels
Prep time: 9 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 100g Rice Flour Pancakes; 50g Rice Noodles; 1 Chicken Breast; 1 sliced Carrots; 1 sliced Cucumber; 1 sliced Red Pepper; To serve Lettuce; To serve Coriander; To serve Mint; 4 tablespoons Fish Sauce; 2 tablespoons Rice Vinegar; Juice of 1/2 Lime; 1 sliced Red Chilli

By The Spice & Simmer Kitchen · Published May 3, 2026

A one-pot Vegetarian recipe with Vietnamese flavors, built for busy weeknights when you want real food without a sink full of dishes. Comes together in roughly 42 minutes, serves about 4, and uses ingredients you can find at any normal grocery store. The technique is simple: build a base in your pot, layer in the main ingredients, simmer until everything has had time to talk to each other, and serve straight from the pan. If you're cooking for picky eaters, this one tends to land — the flavors are recognizable, the texture is comforting, and there's nothing weird hiding in the ingredient list. Perfect for the kind of evening where you want dinner on the table by 7pm and the kitchen empty by 7:30.

Ingredients

Makes 4 servings · 27 min total

100g Rice Flour Pancakes
50g Rice Noodles
1 Chicken Breast
1 sliced Carrots
1 sliced Cucumber
1 sliced Red Pepper
To serve Lettuce
To serve Coriander
To serve Mint
4 tablespoons Fish Sauce
2 tablespoons Rice Vinegar
Juice of 1/2 Lime
1 sliced Red Chilli

Step-by-step instructions

Soak the rice fl our pancakes according to pack instructions or in boiling water for 30 secs. Remove and cool on kitchen paper. Soak the rice noodles according to pack instructions, then drain and cut them into 2cm strips.
Lay a rice pancake on a board and arrange some rice noodles, chicken, vegetables and herb leaves about a third of the way up, leaving a 1cm edge at the side. Fold the sides over the vegetables and then roll up lengthways to make a cigar. Store in the fridge, covered with moist kitchen paper for up to 1 day.
Mix together the ingredients for the dipping sauce and put into a bowl. To serve, arrange the rolls on a plate along with the leaves and herbs. To eat, wrap each roll in a piece of lettuce with a herb sprig and dunk into the sauce.

Why this works on a weeknight

Vietnamese veg parcels genuinely fits a 30-minute weeknight window, which is why it earned a spot in our Skillet & One-Pan collection. The technique is forgiving, the ingredient list is grocery-store standard, and the active cooking time is short enough that you can answer a text message in the middle without ruining dinner.

Cleanup notes

This is a single-pan recipe, so the cleanup is exactly one pan, one cutting board, and one knife. While the dish rests, fill the pan with hot soapy water — by the time you are done eating, the residue lifts off with a single pass of a sponge. Skip the steel wool on cast iron; a stiff brush and warm water are all you need to keep the seasoning intact.

Make-ahead and leftovers

Leftovers keep covered in the fridge for up to three days. Reheat in a dry pan over medium-low with a splash of water or stock to loosen the sauce. Vietnamese veg parcels actually improves overnight as the flavors keep talking to each other, so doubling the recipe and packing tomorrow's lunch is a high-leverage weeknight move.

Filed under 🥘 Skillet & One-Pan Vegetarian Vietnamese ⚡ 30-Min Dinner