Banh craving Vietnamese food recently so here goes…
So I have never actually been to Vietnam (one day I will hopefully get the chance), but my sister has and in a previous blog post I wrote about her taking me to this amazing Vietnamese street food cafe in London to fulfill her cravings. Whilst there and at her recommendation I ate Banh Mi. This is a dish that combines traditional Vietnamese flavours with an infusion of France (one of the results of France occupying Vietnam in the nineteenth century). It consists of a baguette spread with mayonnaise and filled with fresh vegetables, herbs and marinated meat and is honestly one of the best things I have ever eaten. I have put a slight spin on it today by introducing the cuisine of another culture with the humble American burger, though using a brioche bun so still pretty french to be honest…
Serves 4
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
- 400 g chicken breast cut into strips
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- zest and juice of 1 lime
- 1 inch of ginger, peeled and grated
- 1 clove of garlic, peeled and grated
- 1 tbsp water
- 1 tbsp honey
- 2 carrots, peeled and cut julienne style
- 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 1/2 a cucumber
- 1/2 red cabbage, shredded
- 1 large bunch of coriander
- salt and pepper
- mayonnaise
- 4 buns (I used brioche)
Method
- Preheat the oven to 150 degrees (in a fan oven).
- In a bowl combine together the soy sauce, fish sauce, lime zest, lime juice, water, honey ginger and garlic and season generously with pepper. Pour the chicken into an oven proof tray that has relatively high edges so that the liquid doesn’t spill out. Cover the chicken with the sauce and use your hands to combine them together and massage the chicken with the sauce. N.B. you can leave this to marinate for a few hours if you wish.
- Cover the tray with foil and then place in the oven for 10 -15 minutes or until cooked through. You want this meat to be very tender so be very careful not to overcook it!
- Meanwhile you want to prep the rest of the ingredients. Use a a potato peel to peel ribbons of cucumber. Combine the carrots with vinegar and salt in order to pickle them a little. Cut the leaves off the coriander. Cut the buns in half and spread mayonnaise over them.
- Take the chicken out of the oven and use two forks to shred it apart. Layer up each bun with cabbage, chicken, cucumber, carrots and coriander and top off with the other half of each bun.
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Yum! That brioche bun looks delicious!
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Thank you – yes you cannot beat a brioche bun burger
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My thoughts exactly! They are simply the best!
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This looks absolutely fabulous!
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Thank you so much 🙂
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That looks incredible! I’ll be making this very soon 🙂
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Aw thank you – I hope that you enjoy it! 🙂
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Banh Mi burger?! What a great idea! I love a good Banh Mi, I’ll have to try this out. Thanks for sharing!
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Ah thank you – I hope that you enjoy it! 🙂
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So colorful! Looks delicious!
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Thank you very much 🙂
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YUM! I love this version of banh mi as a burger! I’d love to see you elaborate on this recipe in the future. Perhaps with pâté? ^_^
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Thanks very much! 🙂
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This looks crazy good!
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Aw thank you! 🙂
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Oh my goodness this looks amazing!
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Thank you so much :))
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Yum! These look so good!!
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Thank you! 🙂
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I like the combination of flavors for this chicken sandwich! Yum!
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Thanks very much :)))
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Oh yum – I am from Melbourne (recently moved to Sweden where there is so little good Asian food outside the main cities!) and I miss local cheap and delicious banh mi rolls sooo much! I can’t wait to make this!
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Ah perfect, I hope that you enjoy the recipe then and that it can fulfill your craving! 🙂
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The burger looks incredible, I’m so hungry now 😀
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Ah thanks so much! 🙂
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Bahn Mi burger? You gotta be kidding me! LOVE LOVE LOVE how worldly your dishes are! Kudos!
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Thanks so much girl! I saw that you had posted some Vietnamese food on your insta the other day too – such a fab cuisine!
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yeah Vietnamese would be my 2nd favorite type of food. 🙂 Keep it up!! YOU’RE KILLING IT! So happy for you!
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Yum! That looks delicious! It always amazes me how good dishes featuring fresh produce are.
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Looks delicious! I love your blog, and your pictures are well done. Thanks for all the inspiration
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Ah well thanks so much, I’m glad you’re enjoying it! 🙂
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This looks fantastic. What about a few drops of sesame seed oil in the mayo?!! Can’t wait to make these when my kids visit. And I love that you used brioche.
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I’m sure that would be delicious!! And thanks so much I hope you all enjoy it! 🙂
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Looks absolutely delicious, great photos too x
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Thank you very much – I’m glad you liked the look of the recipe! ☺
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Love your post. I am a foodie too unfortunately i cant boil water😆 but love reading about food ideas and the visuals are great.
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Aw thanks so much ☺ you can make good pasta and tea with that boiled water which is always a starting point 😊
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Awesome post with pics
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It’s really amazing.. I would love to taste it
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What a twist to the classic! Can’t wait to try it out myself (:
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Oh let me know how you get on with the recipe 😊
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I adore Bahn Mi, and the Brioche bun would be great with it!
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It does make for a perfect combo!
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This sounds amazing, I need to try make it myself. Thanks very much for sharing your recipe. I definitely think you need to make a trip to Vietnam very soon!
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You are very welcome – so pleased that you like look of it 🙂
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This looks delicious
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Thanks so much 🙂
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That looks great, guy. There is another easy made burger with an fried egg with onion and mint, really yummy! The most common fast breakfast in our country.
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