Banh Mi sammiches

SaltySam

My favorite restaurant (well, one of them) makes a charbroiled pork Banh Mi sandwich called Banh Mi Thit Nuong.  They serve it on a delicious French roll, that’s light and flaky.  I could seriously eat three in a sitting, but I’m usually there in uniform, so it’s best that I not push full capacity.  

I wanted to recreate the sandwich at home, and I can get close, but I’m never exactly right.  This attempt was my best shot yet. 

Marinated sliced pork pork tenderloin in shallots, garlic, sugar, salt, honey and fish sauce for an hour.  A longer marinade time would probably enhance it. 

Also, cut up daikon radish and carrots into matchstick sizes and rubbed them with salt and sugar for about 20 minutes. Rinsed, then bribed them in a solution of water, vinegar and sugar for a couple hours.

The bread I just can’t duplicate.  I bought bollilo rolls at WalMart based on Pinterest suggestions.  They just aren’t the same, but they are tasty. 

Mayo, cilantro, jalapeño, cucumber, pickled daikon and carrots, and the marinated pork.  I’m a sandwich fan in general, but this is my all time favorite sandwich.  Delicious.  I’ll take down three of these tonight. 

SaltySam

Whoa.  Tried to post directly from my phone and before I was done editing, the forum decided it was going to post whether I was ready or not. 

Anyway, here’s a picture of the finished product.  

UNCHeels08

Those look excellent. I love a good Banh Mi sandwich. 

How quickly does the pork cooked when sliced that thin?

milesvdustin

Banh mi is my banh jam 

i am always looking for a good recipe

nolaegghead

Looks delicious. 

We're lucky, we have one of the best bread sources for banh mi.  They won a James Beard award.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong_Phuong_Oriental_Bakery

SaltySam

@UNCHeels08 I sliced the raw tenderloin as thin as I could with a chefs knife.  Pre-cook they were probably about 1/8” thick.  I cooked them direct at 400, and I’d say that they took somewhere between 5-6 min.  I kept probing with the Thermapen.   I pulled it when the thickest pieces probed at 150, which was probably a bit much.  The thinner pieces were dried out a bit.  

I always forget that pork is good to go about 135-140. 

Just made a leftover sandwich.  I put some hoisin sauce on the meat before reheating it.  That made all the difference.  

It also made my microwave stink something awful.  Fish sauce smells so, so bad. But it tastes so, so good. 

Heres the recipe I followed: 

https://thefoodcharlatan.com/banh-mi-sandwich/

DMW

Can I have some please?
That's friggin' amazing...

HendersonTRKing

That looks absolutely killer -- you totally nailed it. 

We have a great shop around here, down in Newark by UD -- Banh Mi Boy if you or anyone else ever is in the area and feel the urge.  http://www.banhmiboy.com/  Great people there, for sure.

Bread is hugely important, so are the pickled veggies.  I love the pate they spread on it + thinly sliced jalapenos, some cilantro, and sriracha.  Need one NOW!!!

CPARKTX

Looks great! Cool cook

nolaegghead

@DMW  Why don't you come to New Orleans on Sat to get sum?

caliking

Outstanding, sir!

we have some great Banh Mi joints in Houston as well, but I’d take a couple of yours any day. 

DMW

nolaegghead said:

@DMW  Why don't you come to New Orleans on Sat to get sum?

Hmmm....

dmchicago

Beauty!

Grillinois

I would gladly hurt myself on three of those. Nicely done!

nolaegghead

So I'm going to go on a quest in search of the best banh mi on Saturday.  I encourage anyone willing to join on this quest to use any means necessary to come to New Orleans. 

@DMW

steal or hijack a plane - don't you have an air field behind your house?

DMW

nolaegghead said:

So I'm going to go on a quest in search of the best banh mi on Saturday.  I encourage anyone willing to join on this quest to use any means necessary to come to New Orleans. 

@DMW

steal or hijack a plane - don't you have an air field behind your house?

There just happens to be an airport within stumbling distance...
https://www.airnav.com/airport/O03

nolaegghead

DMW said:

nolaegghead said:

So I'm going to go on a quest in search of the best banh mi on Saturday.  I encourage anyone willing to join on this quest to use any means necessary to come to New Orleans. 

@DMW

steal or hijack a plane - don't you have an air field behind your house?

There just happens to be an airport within stumbling distance...
https://www.airnav.com/airport/O03

Well, you need to get up early and do whatever it takes to get on a plane for banh mi.  Just don't climb in a wheel well, I have heard of bad travel results.

Stormbringer

Love me some banh mi, nice one!