Spam Banh Mi
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 3 cups rice wine vinegar
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 cup sesame oil
- 1 medium yellow onion
- 2 carrots
- 1 jalapeno pepper
- 1 English cucumber
- 1⁄2 cup cilantro, roughly chopped
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 2 ounces sriracha sauce
- 3 ounces vegetable oil
- 2 (12 ounce) cans Spam, classic thin sliced (the thinner the better)
- 3 ounces soy sauce
- 8 ounces sweet chili sauce (Mae Ploy or homemade Thai Sweet Chili Sauce)
- 6 vietnamese french-style buns
directions
- Using a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the rice vinegar, sesame oil and sugar until fully dissolved.
- Julienne the onion, carrot, cucumber and jalapeno; add to the mixing bowl.
- Refrigerate for 25 minutes, stirring twice.
- After 25 minutes, strain the liquid from the vegetables and add the cilantro.
- In the meantime, mix together the mayonnaise and Sriracha in a small bowl; set aside.
- In a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat, add vegetable oil and SPAM Classic. Fry until crispy and then remove from the pan.
- Strain the fat from the pan.
- Deglaze the same pan with the soy sauce, then add the sweet chili sauce. Immediately remove the pan from heat and stir until the sauce is sticky, about 1 minute. Add back into the pan the seared spam slices and flip to coat.
- Slice the French bun and slather Sriracha mayo on top and bottom.
- Stuff with the sticky SPAM Classic and pickled vegetables.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
gailanng
United States
I'm just me, mother, grandmother...friend to many and a Louisianian. My Cajun and French Quarter Italian descent afforded me exposure to some of the best of foods. My passions are my family, decorating, cooking and gardening. Those very passions push me into constant awareness with always looking for something new to delight the senses, thus my favorite idiom...Inspire me, puuuullllllleeeeeeease! ...and I mean it, too. God Bless America!