Banh Mi Recipe
Banh Mi is Vietnamese baguette with grilled meat. Easy banh mi recipe with grilled lemongrass pork and baguette to make the perfect banh mi at home.
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 400kcal
Ingredients
- 2 lbs. (1kg) boneless pork butt cut into 1/4-inch (5mm) thick slices, 8-inch (20cm) length by 2 1/2-inch (6cm) width
- 4 French baguette 8 in. 10 cm x 20 cm sliced lengthwise
- 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
- pickled carrots and daikon store-bought
- 1 bunch cilantro leaves
Lemongrass Pork Marinade:
- 1/2 cup minced lemongrass
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1 1/2 tablespoons ground black pepper
- 5 shallots peeled and minced
- 3 cloves garlic peeled and minced
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
- 2 tablespoons sweet soy sauce
Instructions
- Lightly pound the pork slices with a mallet or the back of the kitchen knife. In a bowl, mix all the Marinade ingredients together. Marinate the pork with the Marinade, for 2 hours or best overnight. Discard excess marinade before grilling.
- Fire up the grill. Arrange the marinated pork onto the grill. Grill until the pork is nicely charred on both sides or until the pork is cooked through. If you are using a broiler oven, broil for 5-7 minutes on each side or until the pork is completely cooked and nicely charred.
- Remove the pork from the grill. Spread the the mayonnaise on the baguette and add a few grilled pork slices. Top the pork with pickled carrots and daikon and cilantro leaves. Cut the baguette into halves and serve immediately.
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Nutrition
Serving: 6people | Calories: 400kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 43g | Fat: 34g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 140mg | Sodium: 898mg | Sugar: 32g