Banh mi (vietnamese chicken rolls)
- 09.03.2017
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These Vietnamese-style rolls are filled with barbecued chicken and fresh asian herbs for a crisp, authentic flavour.
Recipe «Banh mi (vietnamese chicken rolls)» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 10 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1 Lebanese cucumber, 1 cup rice vinegar, 1/2 cup caster sugar, 1 carrot, 2 tbsp light soy sauce , 1 tbsp peanut oil, 1 tbsp honey, 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped , 500g chicken thigh fillets, trimmed, 1 baguette, cut into 4, or 4 soft long rolls, 1 tbsp reduced-fat whole-egg mayonnaise, 4 soft butter lettuce leaves, torn, 1 tbsp pickled jalapeno peppers, 1 tbsp hot chilli sauce, Few sprigs of fresh coriander.
Ingredients:
- 1 Lebanese cucumber
- 1 cup rice vinegar
- 1/2 cup caster sugar
- 1 carrot
- 2 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tbsp peanut oil
- 1 tbsp honey
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 500g chicken thigh fillets, trimmed
- 1 baguette, cut into 4, or 4 soft long rolls
- 1 tbsp reduced-fat whole-egg mayonnaise
- 4 soft butter lettuce leaves, torn
- 1 tbsp pickled jalapeno peppers
- 1 tbsp hot chilli sauce
- Few sprigs of fresh coriander
Instructions
- Use a peeler to shave the cucumber into ribbons, then toss in a bowl with 1 teaspoon salt and stand for 1 hour.
- Heat the rice vinegar and sugar in a small pan over medium heat, stirring until the sugar has dissolved, then cool.
- Shave carrot lengthways into ribbons with a vegetable peeler, then cut into fine matchsticks. Add carrot, cucumber and their juices to the vinegar mixture and chill for at least 2 hours or overnight.
- Mix the soy sauce, peanut oil, honey and garlic together, then coat the chicken in the soy marinade and refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight.
- Heat a lightly oiled chargrill pan or barbecue to medium heat and cook the chicken for 5 minutes each side or until caramel brown and cooked through. Thickly slice.
- Split rolls, then lightly grill the cut side for 20 seconds to warm them.
- Drain the pickled carrot and cucumber.
- To serve, lightly spread rolls with mayonnaise, then fill with lettuce, chicken, cucumber, jalapenos (if using), carrot, chilli sauce and coriander.