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Banh mi
If you've never heard of a banh mi, it's a Vietnamese baguette sandwich with marinated pork, pickled vegetables and fresh herbs. Now read Sarah Randell's recipe from Sainsbury's magazine and change your lunchtimes forever!
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Ready in 35 minutes, plus marinating
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Cooking time 15 minutes
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Prep time 20 minutes
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Serves 4
Ingredients
- 500 g pork tenderloin fillet
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 1 tbsp Thai fish sauce
- 3 tbsp light soy sauce
- 3 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tsp caster sugar
- 1 small carrot, sliced into thin batons
- 3 radishes, sliced
- ¼ white cabbage, core removed discarded, the rest finely shredded
- 2 spring onions, trimmed and sliced
- 1 red chilli, sliced (deseed the chilli if you don't like things too hot)
- 1 small handful coriander leaves
- 1 small handful mint leaves
- 1 stonebaked baguette
- 2 tbsp mayonnaise
Method
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1
Trim and slice the pork into 1cm-thick discs. In a bowl, mix the garlic, fish sauce and soy sauce. Add the pork discs, turn in the marinade and set aside. Preheat a griddle pan.
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In a second bowl, mix the vinegar and sugar with a pinch of salt. Toss in the carrot, radishes and shredded cabbage. In a third small bowl, mix the spring onions, chilli and herbs.
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3
Griddle the discs of pork in batches for 2-3 minutes on each side until browned and cooked through, brushing them with any leftover marinade as they cook.
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4
Halve the baguette lengthways and spread the inside with the mayonnaise. Pile in the pickled carrot, radish and cabbage, top with the slices of pork and scatter the spring onion mixture on top of that. Slice into 4 and devour.
Get ahead: marinate the pork a few hours ahead.
