Chicken Banh Mi

Turn your leftover chicken into a tasty Asian-inspired filled roll with pickled carrots.

4
15 Minutes

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Ingredients

  • 500g chicken breast, sliced into very thin strips
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons fish sauce (optional)
  • 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped or 1 teaspoon crushed garlic
  • 2 tablespoons grated ginger or 1 teaspoon crushed ginger
  • 1 teaspoon honey (optional)
  • ¼ cup white or rice wine vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 carrots, thinly sliced into ribbons (use a vegetable peeler)
  • ½ cup mayonnaise
  • 2 tablespoons sweet chilli sauce
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 2 baguettes, sliced into thirds
  • ½ head lettuce, thinly sliced
  • ½ cucumber, sliced into matchsticks
  • 2 cups mung bean sprouts
  • fresh coriander or mint (optional)

Method

  1. Mix the chicken with the soy sauce, fish sauce, garlic, ginger and honey. Leave to marinate while you prepare the other ingredients.
  2. Mix the vinegar, sugar and salt in a bowl until the sugar has dissolved. Place the carrot in the bowl and mix it around so that it is covered in the vinegar. Leave to pickle.
  3. Mix the mayonnaise and sweet chilli sauce together in a bowl.
  4. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a high heat. Add the chicken and stir-fry it until it is cooked through.
  5. To assemble the banh mi, slice the baguettes lengthways. Spread the sweet chilli mayo over the bottom, then top with the chicken, lettuce, cucumber, mung bean sprouts and the drained pickled carrots. Add in coriander or mint, if using.
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