Vietnamese beef bánh mì
The beloved sandwich from Vietnam
3 - 4
Serves
30 mins
Prep Time
1 hr
Cook Time
Recipe author
Anh Do Ngoc
Try these easy oven-baked meatballs and learn how to make quick pickled carrots. A simple way to make Bánh mì sandwiches bursting with authentic Vietnamese flavours. Begin this recipe 30 minutes ahead of time to allow the flavours time to mingle!
A recipe for a side salad: combine the cucumber and carrot leftover from the Bánh mì with thinly sliced red onions. Squeeze in the juice of half a lemon and toss well!
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Ingredients
Beef
500g Quality Mark beef mince
3-4 garlic cloves
finely chopped
finel grated grated zest of 1 lemon
2 Tbsp oyster sauce
1 Tbsp salt-reduced soy sauce
1 Tbsp liquid honey
1 Tbsp vegetable oil
2 tsp cornflour
¼ tsp salt
Quick pickled carrot
1 carrots
cut into very thin strips
¼ tsp salt
1 Tbsp white sugar
½ Tbsp white vinegar
1 tsp fish sauce
To serve
4 Bánh mì
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cut open lengthways
store-bought chicken liver paté
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for spreading
1 telegraph cucumber
thinly sliced
a handful roughly chopped fresh coriander
chilli sauce
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Method
For the Beef Bánh mì
To serve
1
For beef meatballs, put the beef mince, garlic, lemon zest, oyster and soy sauce, honey, oil, cornflour and salt in a large bowl. Mix well, cover and put in the fridge for about 30 minutes.
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For the pickled carrot, put the carrot strips into a bowl with the salt, massaging a few times with clean hands (or use a spoon), to soften the carrot, about 5 minutes.
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3
Rinse carrot strips in cold water and drain well. Return to a clean bowl and add the sugar, white vinegar and fish sauce. Mix well and set aside for at least 30 minutes.
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4
Preheat the oven to 220℃ and line a shallow oven tray with foil.
5
Make the meatballs, take a spoonful of the beef mixture and shape it into a ball. Continue until you will have about 16 meatballs in total. Arrange the meatballs on the prepared tray and cook for 10 minutes.
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6
Turn the meatballs over and cook for a further 5 minutes until browned and cooked through.
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7
Once the meatballs are cooked, remove from the oven and cover loosely with extra foil to keep warm.
