Name: Banh mi
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 1.5 lb Ground pork; 2 Baguettes; 2 Carrots; 1 Daikon radish; 1 Cucumber; 2 Jalapeño; 1 bunch Fresh cilantro; 1 bunch Green onions; 4 cloves Garlic; 0.5 cup Mayonnaise; 0.8 cup Rice vinegar; 2 tbsp Fish sauce; 2 tbsp Sriracha; 1 tbsp Cornstarch; 1 tbsp Soy sauce; 4 tbsp Sugar; 1 tsp Black pepper; 1 tsp Salt

Banh mi

Crisp baguettes stuffed with pork meatballs, quick-pickled carrot and daikon, cilantro and chili.

How many people are eating

Written for 4. Everything below is scaled to 4.

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1.5 lb Ground pork
2 Baguettes(soft, light French bread from the bakery; cut each in half)
2 Carrots
1 Daikon radish(Walmart produce or Asian market; or a bunch of red radishes)
1 Cucumber
2 Jalapeño
1 bunch Fresh cilantro
1 bunch Green onions
4 cloves Garlic
0.5 cup Mayonnaise
0.8 cup Rice vinegar
2 tbsp Fish sauce(Walmart Asian foods aisle, or an Asian market. Swap: soy sauce)
2 tbsp Sriracha
1 tbsp Cornstarch· most people have this
1 tbsp Soy sauce· most people have this
4 tbsp Sugar· most people have this
1 tsp Black pepper· most people have this
1 tsp Salt· most people have this

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How to cook it · about 50 minutes

Make the pickles first: peel the carrots and daikon and cut them into thin matchsticks. Stir the rice vinegar, 3/4 cup warm water, 3 tbsp sugar and the salt until dissolved, then pour it over the vegetables. Leave at least 30 minutes.
Heat the oven to 400F. Finely chop the green onions and mince the garlic.
Mix the pork, garlic, green onions, fish sauce, soy sauce, cornstarch, the remaining 1 tbsp sugar and the black pepper. Roll into 1 1/2-inch balls and set them on a lined sheet pan.
Bake the meatballs 15 to 18 minutes until browned and cooked through.
Stir the sriracha into the mayonnaise. Slice the cucumber and jalapeños thinly.
Warm the bread in the oven for 3 to 4 minutes until the crust crackles. Split each piece along one side without cutting all the way through.
Spread the sriracha mayo inside, pack in the meatballs, squash them slightly, then add drained pickles, cucumber, jalapeño and a big handful of cilantro sprigs. Eat right away.

Amounts are on the list above — they change with the number of people; the steps do not.