Vietnamese Chicken Sandwich (Banh Mi)
photo by Starrynews
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (I like them on the thinner side but thick is fine too)
- 4.92 ml olive oil (can also use a chile infused oil for some zip)
- 1.23 ml ginger powder
- 1.23 ml garlic salt (or powder to reduce sodium)
- 29.58 ml sugar (can sub splenda)
- 44.37 ml peanut butter
- 36.97 ml soy sauce
- 14.79 ml water
- 7.39 ml oil
- 4.92 ml vinegar (I use rice wine, but any variety will do or can also sub with lime juice)
- 236.59 ml broccoli slaw mix
- 1 cucumber, VERY thinly sliced (I like the English seedless variety)
- cilantro (chopped) (optional)
- hot pepper flakes (optional)
- 4 rolls, split (ciabatta bread is great but any bread choice will do)
directions
- Drizzle olive oil over chicken breasts. Season with garlic salt.
- Wrap rolls in foil to heat on grill, or if cooking chicken indoors just pop in toaster oven to lightly toast.
- Chicken can be grilled outdoors or seared in a non stick skillet sprayed with Pam. Cook until done (10-15 minutes approximately depending on heat), without overcooking.
- Meanwhile, while chicken is cooking, in a very small sauce pan combine sugar, ginger, peanut butter, soy sauce, water, oil, and vinegar. Heat over medium low while stirring until sugar is disolved and peanut butter is melted.
- Assemble sandwiches by layering cucumbers on bottom of roll, top with chicken, followed by broccoli slaw (cilantro/hot pepper flakes if using too), then drizzle sauce over slaw. Top with upper bun.
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Reviews
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Nice blend of flavors and textures! There is a nice crunch from the cucumbers and broccoli slaw. I included both the optional cilantro (mixed into the slaw) and the red pepper flakes (mixed into the peanut sauce). I did find the peanut sauce a touch on the salty side, despite using reduced sodium soy sauce, so next time I will probably vary the ratio of water to soy sauce. Thanks for sharing! L-O-V-E '12 Event.
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I changed this to 1 serving without any trouble.....of course, some of it was by eye! LOL The only change I would make to this, is to mix the broccoli slaw with the p'nut sauce. (Personal preference!) I found these really thin sandwich buns. I toasted them lightly and were great. Overall, I was quite pleased with my sandwich! Oh, I did add the red pepper flakes, but added them to the sauce! Thnx for sharing your recipe, Vicki! Made for ZWT6
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Flavors are there! Easy, quick and tastey!! I used my panini grill for the chicken and skipped the step of drizzling the oil on them. I used garlic powder instead of salt. The only change in the sauce was I used fresh ginger (had it on hand) and Tamari instead of soy (just a thicker richer soy). I used the hot pepper flakes and cilantro for garnish. Thank you and good luck in the contest!
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Flavors are there! Easy, quick and tastey!! I used my panini grill for the chicken and skipped the step of drizzling the oil on them. I used garlic powder instead of salt. The only change in the sauce was I used fresh ginger (had it on hand) and Tamari instead of soy (just a thicker richer soy). I used the hot pepper flakes and cilantro for garnish. Thank you and good luck in the contest!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Vicki in CT
tolland, 45
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