Origins: Vietnamese

Difficulty: easy

Duration: 30 minutes or less

Nutrition: medium

Today we will be making for you a very exotic cuisine, the Vietnamese one. We like to promote a healthy lifestyle and share with healthy recipes with you, however, sometimes we need to have a quick meal. Actually the 21st century is the one where everyone is in rush and in a hurry, so we all kind of try to find time in order to eat healthy and to have sometimes extraordinary, but not always that is possible. Sometimes we really need to grab some food as fast as possible, and continue the work or anything that you should do. So basically that is the reason why we will be making for you an incredible and interesting sandwich called Banh Mi. Actually this is the first time we are sharing a Vietnamese recipe with you, so it is going to be really exciting.

Not many of you have got any idea what the Vietnamese cuisine is like. This sandwich will help you to understand the Vietnamese culture of food and also you will be able to make a tasty sandwich for you.

So now let’s find out what kind of ingredients we need.

The ingredients.

  • 3 tablespoon of olive oil
  • Salt and pepper
  • Green onion
  • Carrots
  • Balsamic vinegar of 2 tablespoon
  • French bread
  • Chicken breast, which should be cut into small pieces
  • Garlic powder
  • Soy sauce
  • Sriracha
  • cucumber

Once you have found all the required ingredients, it is the right time for you to start the making process. For that you will need to add the olive oil on the pan and heat it for a while. Then take the chicken breast, season it with garlic powder, pepper and salt and then fry the chicken until it is cooked. It will take 15 minutes. Then you can add the sriracha as well.

Then you should be making the sauce. For that you will need to combine the balsamic vinegar with the soy sauce.

Once all these things are done you will have to make the bread. Just preheat the oven under 350 degrees and place the bread there.  You can also toast the bread in toaster. This will make the bread lovely crispy, which is absolutely good for the sandwich bread.

When the bread is also ready, you should start the placing. Take the bread, add 1 tablespoon of sauce mixture on both sides of the bread. Then add the chicken and place the cucumbers on it. Add the carrots, the garlic and the onions as well. Add some sirrach on top of it if you want. 

Actually you can put also some extra sauce and your sandwich is ready!

As you see the sandwich is really a very easy one to make. So you do not need to have much time in order to make the sandwich. Just have the ingredients and that is it. You will take you about 30 minutes or less to make this tasty sandwich at home. As you can already there is no difficulty in making it, the process is very smooth and easy. When it comes to nutrition, then we have to say that the nutrition is medium. You may think that it is just a sandwich and there is nothing good there, however, the sandwich is full of vegetables which make it much better.

So if you are busy but you want to have something quick but at the same time you want to make a little bit healthier sandwich, then we would definitely advise you to make the Vietnamese Bahn Mi sandwich.

Enjoy!