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Banh Mi Cheat Version

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine Fusion, Mexican, Vietnamese
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

Pickled Vegetables

  • 1 cup Rice vinegar
  • ½ cup Water
  • ½ cup White sugar
  • ½ cup Carrots cut into matchsticks
  • ½ cup White daikon radish cut into matchsticks
  • ½ cup White onion sliced

Chicken

  • 2 Skinless boneless half chicken breasts
  • 1 tsp Garlic salt
  • Pinch Ground black pepper

Banh Mi

  • 2 12 inch French baguettes
  • ½ cup Mayonnaise
  • ½ cup Cucumber thinly sliced
  • 2 tbsp Fresh cilantro leaves
  • 2 Jalapeno peppers cut into matchsticks
  • 4 wedges Fresh lime

Instructions
 

Pickled Vegetables

  • Place rice vinegar, water, and sugar into a saucepan over medium heat, bring to a boil, and stir until the sugar has dissolved, about 1 minute. Allow the mixture to cool
  • Pour the cooled vinegar mixture over the carrot, radish, and onion in a bowl, and allow to stand for at least 30 minutes. Drain off the excess vinegar mixture after the vegetables have marinated

Chicken

  • While the vegetables are marinating, preheat the oven's broiler, and set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source. Lightly oil a slotted broiler pan
  • Sprinkle the chicken breast with garlic salt and pepper, and broil on slotted broiler pan, turning once, until the center of the chicken breast is no longer pink and the surface has browned, about 6 minutes per side
  • Remove the broiled chicken, and slice into bite-size pieces

Assembling the Banh Mi

  • Slice the baguette in half lengthwise, and pull the center of the bread out of the baguette halves, leaving a cavity for the filling. Place the baguette halves under the broiler to lightly toast, 2 to 3 minutes
  • To assemble the bahn mi sandwich, spread each half of the toasted baguette with mayonnaise, and fill the cavity of the bottom half of the bread with broiled chicken, cucumber slices, pickled carrot, onion, and radish, cilantro leaves, and jalapeno pepper
  • Squeeze a wedge of lime over the filling, and top with the other half of the baguette, enjoy!
Keyword Banh Mi, Cheat, Chicken, Easy, Fusion, Sandwich