Honeysuckle Catering

Today I'm going to show you how to make my childhood favorite, and it's actuall still a

favorite today, the Vietnamese Sandwich, or it's also called

Banh mi thit nuong

there's so many different varieties of

fillings for this sandwich - you can have grilled pork,

grilled chicken

meatball, fish, the variety is endless!

today we are going to be making

the grilled pork

a crowd favorite

I'm going to break each of the steps down so that it's super easy and simple for you to follow

let's get started

we're going to start with how to make the grilled pork

what you'll need are, a pound of sliced pork shoulder, I have one that's already

pre-sliced for me that I got at the asian market. A tablespoon of black

soy sauce, and this isn't your regular soy sauce that you use for sushi. It's actually a

thicker soy sauce that has molasses in it and so it's nice and thick and

has that caramel-ey

texture to it

this can also be found at the asian market. A tablespoon of fish sauce

half a tablespoon of sugar

two cloves of garlic

half of a shallot

and some salt and pepper

now take your garlic and mince it well

and put it in a bowl

now take your half a shallot and mince that well

now combine your soy sauce

fish sauce, sugar

and put it in a bowl with the garlic and shallot and mix it well

now take your sliced pork and

and put it in the bowl and mix it well so that everything marinates

take a dash of salt and pepper to give it some extra seasoning

now set it aside in the

fridge for about half an hour so that the flavors all come together

next, I'm going to show you how to make the pickled carrot and daikon. This is a sweet, salty, and tangy condiment

that goes well with so many Vietnamese dishes. You're going to need...

one cup of warm water

one cup of distilled white vinegar, a carrot, a daikon

a tablespoon of sugar plus

a quarter-cup of sugar

and eighth-cup of salt

plus a tablespoon of salt

first, you're going to peel off your carrot and daikon

cut it into matchsticks

you're going to want equal amounts of

daikon and carrot for this recipe

now, put your daikon and carrot in a bowl

and with the tablespoon of salt

and tablespoon of sugar, combine it

and let it sit

you're going to be drawing out all the water and juices from the carrot and daikon

this will help make it flexible

let it sit for about ten minutes

so it can soak all the water out

it's been ten minutes and our carrot and daikon are ready

you should be able to bend the carrot or daikon without it breaking

now take your carrots and daikon and run it under cold water to rinse off the salt and sugar

then transfer it back to the bowl

take your quarter cup of sugar

and eighth cup of salt and mix it

into the warm water and stir it until it dissolves

now take your cup of distilled white vinegar

and pour it into your

sugar and salt mixture

and then, pour everything over the carrot and daikon

you're going to want to let it sit

for an hour to overnight so that it pickles and it's ready to use

now it's time to cook our grilled pork

if you have a grill pan you can go ahead and put

it on the stove, and cook it on high for about three minutes on each side until it's nice and dark and caramel-ey

if you don't have a grill pan, any pan will do

Now it's time to assemble our Banh Mi!

you're going to need a Vietnamese French baguette

our pickled carrot and daikon

cilantro

some sliced jalapeno

some sliced onions

mayo

and maggi sauce

take your baguette and slice it length-wise

with your mayo, spread it inside

now take your

grilled pork, I would say about half a cup of grilled pork

and layer it inside the baguette

you want the sandwich to be meaty

now take your pickled daikon and carrots and layer it on

and then

take your cilantro

onions, and jalapenos, and layer those on as well

now the last step is the secret sauce

the Maggi sauce

this is more flavorful that soy sauce and it has a special seasoning to it

and just squirt a few squirts and you're done!

and there you have it the Vietnamese Sandwich

or Banh Mi Thit Nuong

it's so good

look how meaty it is and then this layer of airy

bread

I'm going to try it...MmmMmmm

I really hope you enjoyed this episode

this is my favorite dish of all time. If you'd like to see more episodes

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