Banh Mi is influenced from French culture and is now popular all over Vietnam. The filling ingredients of this sandwich are however slightly different from that traditional French filling.
Servings: 4
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Ingredients:
- Ground pork, 1 pound
- Fish sauce, 1 tablespoon
- Green onions, 3, choppe
- Cornstarch, 2 teaspoons
- Fresh basil, ¼ cup
- Black pepper, 1 teaspoon
- Garlic, 4 cloves, minced
- Kosher salt, 1 teaspoon
- Hot chili sauce, 1 tablespoon
- Sugar, 1 tablespoon
- Mayonnaise, 2/3 cup
- Hot chili sauce, 1 tablespoon
- Green onions, 2, chopped
- For sandwich filling:
- Baguettes, 4, 10 inch long
- Carrots, 2 cups, grated
- Sugar, ¼ cup
- Jalapeno chilies, thinly sliced
- Rice vinegar, ¼ cup
- Daikon, 2 cups, grated
- Asian sesame oil, 1 tablespoon
- Cilantro sprigs, 16 large
- Kosher salt, 1 teaspoon
- Preheat the oven to 300 F.
- Combine chili mayo ingredients together. Add a little salt and refrigerate.
- Line a baking sheet with plastic wrap.
- Combine all the pork meat ingredients in a bowl together. Take spoonful of the mixture and roll between your palms. Make medium sized balls and place on the prepared baking sheet.
- Mix carrots, rice vinegar, and daikon together in a bowl. Season with salt and sugar. Keep side for 1 hour. Toss thrice during this time.
- Sauté meatballs until brown. Place them back on the baking sheet and bake in the oven until cooked through.
- Slice baguette in half horizontally and scoop out some bread to make a thick shell.
- Add chili mayo in the shell topping it with jalapenos and cilantro. Now place ¼ of meatballs and top it with pickled veggies.
- Serve immediately.
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