Vietnamese Chicken Sandwich (Banh Mi)

"Salty, sweet, crunchy all on one sandwich. Guaranteed to excite your taste buds! Healthy sandwich that comes together quickly. This can be grilled outdoors or cooked in a skillet/grill pan indoors. Serve with a nice soup for a super simple, but healthy meal."
 
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Ready In:
25mins
Ingredients:
15
Serves:
4
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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)
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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

  1. 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.
     
  2. The peanut sauce totally sets this sandwich off! Sweet and salty at its finest. This is one to keep for a rainy afternoon when your feeling like a great hearty lunch!
     
  3. My husband & I really enjoyed this for dinner and he also had leftovers for lunch today at work. Great combination of flavors, they all just went well together! Great hit with our family! Made for zwt6 asia region!
     
  4. 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
     
  5. 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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Tweaks

  1. 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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