Home made Bahn mi - Real Recipes from Mums

Bahn mi is a vietnamese sandwich – totally delicious. It’s a bit fiddly but well worth the effort to make these at home.

Ingredients (serves 4)

1 Lebanese cucumber
250ml rice vinegar
110g caster sugar
1 carrot
2 tablespoons light soy sauce
1 tablespoon peanut oil
1 tablespoon honey
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
500g chicken thigh fillets, trimmed
4 soft long rolls
1 tablespoon reduced-fat whole-egg mayonnaise
1 tablespoon hot chilli sauce
2 stalks fresh coriander

Method

Peel the cucumber into ribbons, then toss in a bowl with 1 teaspoon salt and stand for 1 hour.
On medium heat, heat the rice vinegar and sugar in a pan, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Remove from stove and cool.
Peel carrot lengthways into ribbons, then cut into fine matchsticks. Add carrot, cucumber and the juices to the vinegar mixture and chill for at least 2 hours (overnight even better).
Mix soy sauce, peanut oil, honey and garlic together, and then coat the chicken in the soy marinade and refrigerate for 2 hours (overnight even better).
Heat another pan to medium heat and cook the chicken until brown and cooked through. Thickly slice.
Split the bread roll. Lightly grill the cut side for 20 seconds to warm them.
Drain the pickled carrot and cucumber.
To serve, lightly spread rolls with mayonnaise, fill with chicken, cucumber, carrot, chilli sauce and coriander.

19 Comments

- - nadine_hill said
  - 26 Jul 2019
    11:16 am
I haven’t heard of this before, sounds interesting ! Takes a lot of prep but looks like it would be worth it!

- - mom94125 said
  - 16 Oct 2017
    11:17 am
wow this would be a great lunch idea and it would definately be full of flavour. i really like this as it is something a little more fancy than a regular ham sandwich. thanks for inspiring me with your recipe post

- - mom112023 said
  - 09 Apr 2017
    5:22 pm
Your recipe sounds awesome, the mix of ingredients I like. Can’t wait to give it a go. Thanks.

- - Stef said
  - 25 Feb 2017
    9:03 pm
I haven’t ever heard of Bahn Mi before..but reading through the ingredients, it sounds like something, I’d really enjoy!

- - youngoldlady said
  - 02 Aug 2016
    10:59 pm
Glad to know how to make it.

- - Melissa89 said
  - 30 Jul 2016
    6:29 pm
I have never tried this before

- - Nas01 said
  - 04 Jul 2016
    6:59 pm
Yum, it’s what I always order at local bakery so great to make at home.

- - rachelvk said
  - 02 Jul 2016
    9:32 pm
I love Banh Mi. It’s a favourite meal in our house!

- - kjgarner said
  - 29 Jun 2016
    10:34 am
If it tastes good, I don’t mind fiddly

- - mom160421 said
  - 27 Jun 2016
    1:32 pm
The ingredients in this sandwich sound like a delicious combination.

- - Kasey said
  - 25 Jun 2016
    7:15 pm
Yum looks so tasty!

- - curlytops said
  - 20 Jun 2016
    12:23 am
His sounds really tasty. I like the idea of maranading / pickling the veg.

- - nealsq said
  - 17 Jun 2016
    10:36 pm
sounds delicious well except for the coriander that is!
- mom19782016 replied
  
  25 Jun 2016 , 9:50 pm
  You could swap it out for basil
- - ashblonde said
  - 17 Jun 2016
    10:36 am
I love to try something different & this sounds really tasty. They look nice bread rolls in the photo too! Are they polenta coated ones?

- - mom93821 said
  - 14 Jun 2016
    8:42 pm
Thanks for this sandwich for a tasty looking sandwich – sounds good and packed full of tasty flavours.

- - mom90758 said
  - 14 Jun 2016
    6:57 pm
What a special way to present a sandwich! Look very nice!!

- - mom112217 said
  - 14 Jun 2016
    12:52 pm
Your Bahn mi is my favourite sandwich to buy but l usually have pork instead of chicken.I’m sure this will be a favourite also! Thanks.
- mom93821 replied
  
  15 Jun 2016 , 6:44 am
  Pork sounds good too – changing the meat works in most sandwiches.