Banh Mi Vietnamese Style Baguette

You can usually find the high-caloric sandwich (variety of meat on mayonnaise) in your local Vietnamese baguette shop but here is a hearty Vegetarian version (if you do not use fish sauce) using portabello mushrooms.”

Ingredients

• 2 Portobello mushroom caps, sliced
• 2 tsp of olive oil
• Salt
• Pepper
• 1 carrot, sliced into sticks
• 1 Daikon radish, sliced into sticks
• ½ cup of fresh lime juice
• 1 cup of rice vinegar
• ½ cup of cold water
• ½ cup of chilled lime juice
• 2 tsp of soy sauce
• 1 tsp of fish sauce
• ½ tsp of toasted sesame oil
• 2 tbsp of canola oil
• 2 tsp of minced garlic
• 1/3 cup of white sugar
• 1/3 cup of cold water
• 1 jalapeno pepper, thinly sliced
• 8 sprigs fresh cilantro with stems
• 1 medium cucumber, sliced into thin strips
• 2 sprigs fresh Thai basil
• 2 (7”) French bread baguettes, split lengthwise

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F

Place the mushrooms on a baking sheet

Drizzle with a little olive oil and season with salt and pepper

Roast in the preheated oven for about 25 minutes

Cool slightly then slice into strips

While the mushrooms are roasting, bring a saucepan of water to a boil

Plunge the carrot and radish sticks into the boiling water and after a few seconds, remove them and plunge them into a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking

In a separate bowl, stir together the rice vinegar, 1/2 cup of lime juice and 1/2 cup cold water

Transfer the carrot and radish to the vinegar and lime marinade and let them soak for at least 15 minutes, longer if it’s convenient

In a small bowl, stir together the remaining lime juice, soy sauce, fish sauce, sesame oil, canola oil, 1/3 cup sugar and 1/3 cup water

Sandwich sauce:

To assemble sandwiches, sprinkle a little of the sandwich sauce onto each half of the French loaves

Place the roasted mushrooms onto the bottom half of each roll and sprinkle with a little more sauce

Top with a few slices of jalapeno, a few sticks of carrot and radish (minus the marinade), cucumber, basil and cilantro

Close with the tops of the bread and serve.

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