Beef Banh Mi

Bahn Mi combines my favourite parts of Vietnamese and French cuisines - crusty baguette, pate, fresh carrots and herbs and delectable beef.

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Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Vietnamese

Keyword: Banh Mi

Total Time: 30

Servings:

Equipment

Sharp knife
Bread knife
Frying pan
Stovetop

Ingredients

500 g steak
2 teaspoon olive oil
2 cloves garlic
2 tablespoon honey
2 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 tablespoon brown sugar
2 tablespoon fish sauce
1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
3 tablespoon chilli oil opt.
1 carrot
1 cucumber
½ bunch coriander
½ bunch mint
½ bunch spring onion
1 red or green chilli
1 lime
1 crusty baguette
2 tablespoon mayonnaise
60 g pate opt.
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1.5 tablespoon soy sauce
Salt and pepper

Instructions

First we’ll get the steak out of the fridge and slice it into half cm pieces. Set aside in a bowl with a drizzle of olive oil and a little bit of salt and pepper.
500 g steak, 2 teaspoon olive oil, Salt and pepper
To make the sauce, peel garlic and grate into a small bowl. Mix in honey, oyster sauce, brown sugar, fish sauce, dark soy sauce and mix well. Set aside.
Note - we’ll hold the chilli oil in this step and add to adult plates at the end.
2 cloves garlic, 2 tablespoon honey, 2 tablespoon oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon brown sugar, 2 tablespoon fish sauce, 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
Next, our veggies. To julienne a carrot, slice a thin slice from one side. Turn the carrot onto this flat edge to stabilise, then slice thinly. Stack slices and slice these into long thin pieces. Use a peeler to shave cucumber into ribbons. Roughly chop coriander leaves and stalks. Pick mint leaves. Trim and finely slice spring onion. Slice the top from your chilli and down one side, deseed then slice into long ribbons. Slice lime into quarters. Set aside.
1 carrot, 1 cucumber, ½ bunch coriander, ½ bunch mint, ½ bunch spring onion, 1 red or green chilli, 1 lime
Using a bread knife, cut baguette into portions and then slice each portion almost all the way through. Spread mayonnaise on one side and pate on the other (opt.)
1 crusty baguette, 2 tablespoon mayonnaise, 60 g pate
Heat a large frying pan on a high heat and add oil. Once warm, add beef in a single layer (you may have to do this in batches) and let cook for a minute before you turn and cook for another minute on the other side. Take any beef out for your child (if you want to), then add the sauce and cook, stirring, until the sauce becomes sticky.
1 tablespoon vegetable oil, 500 g steak
To serve kids, slice their bread into rounds then add cucumber, carrot, beef, mayo and any herbs they like to their plate.
To serve adults, serve up bahn mi loaded with carrot, cucumber, coriander, mint, pack in that juicy beef, then add chilli, spring onion and more herbs. Squeeze over some lime juice, add a little more chilli oil or soy sauce if you wish and you’re good to go!
3 tablespoon chilli oil, 1.5 tablespoon soy sauce

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