Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, tofu banh mi sandwich. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
When I am craving a sandwich, I want a healthy but hearty sandwich built with vegetables and a great combination of flavors. Typically, a Vietnamese Tofu Banh Mi sandwich has fried tofu and oily coleslaw, so I have reduced the calories and deleted the oil, for a healthier version of one of my favorite sandwiches. This vegetarian banh mi recipe is fantastic as written, but feel free to play with it.
Tofu Banh Mi Sandwich is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Tofu Banh Mi Sandwich is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have tofu banh mi sandwich using 26 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Tofu Banh Mi Sandwich:
- Get 2 Baguettes or Batons
- Take 1 Pack Firm Tofu
- Take 1 Cup corn flour (corn starch)
- Get Oil
- Take Marinade
- Prepare 3 tsp sesame oil
- Get 2 tbs soy sauce
- Take 1 tsp sriracha
- Prepare 1 tbs rice vinegar or lime juice
- Get 1 tsp maple syrup or honey
- Prepare 1 tbs Sesame seeds
- Prepare Sriracha Mayo
- Prepare 1/4 Cup Mayo
- Prepare 1 Tbs Sriracha
- Prepare to taste Salt & pepper
- Prepare Quick Pickled Veggies
- Take 1/4 rice vinegar
- Prepare 1 Cup water
- Get 1 tbs sugar
- Get 1 tsp salt
- Make ready 2 large carrots
- Get 1 Cup Shredded red cabbage
- Prepare Toppings
- Get Handful fresh coriander
- Get Jalapeños (pickled or fresh)
- Take Chopped Green onions
Cut the carrots and daikons into thin sticks and place in the pickling mixture overnight or for at least an hour. This Vietnamese sandwich is typically a combination of meat (usually pork) and vegetables, but our take here is plant-based and calls for crispy marinated tofu and a combination of fresh and picked vegetables.. Vegetarian Banh Mi With Crispy Tofu Vegetarian Banh Mi With Crispy Tofu. This vegetarian banh mi features marinated tofu; it soaks up savory flavor from soy sauce and heat from fresh ginger for a riff on the popular Vietnamese sandwich.
Instructions to make Tofu Banh Mi Sandwich:
- Press the tofu to remove excess water (remove from package, put on paper towel or tea towel, and place heavy object on). Leave pressed for about 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile prepare pickled vegetables. Shred cabbage finely, and either grate (with cheese grater) or spiralize carrots.
- Mix rice vinegar, sugar, salt and water in a bowl or jar. (Mason jar would work perfectly) until sugar is basically dissolved. Place carrots and cabbage inside mixture and stir. Set aside for at least 30 minutes. The longer you leave in the mixture the more pickled they become!
- Cut the tofu in 1/2 inch pieces horizontally. Coat the pieces in corn flour.
- Heat a pan on medium high heat. Pour oil to coat the bottom of the pan. When the oil is heated, place the tofu inside the pan. Cook until golden brown on both sides. This should take about 10 minutes. Remove when golden brown, and set aside on paper towel.
- Mix the mayo and sriracha. Put salt and pepper to taste. Adjust based on preference with heat. Set aside.
- Mix the marinade ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
- Cut baguette in half and lengthwise. Scoop out a large portion of the bread to enable a “hollowed out” baguette.
- Spread an even amount of the mayo mixture on top of baguette. Place large portion of pickled veggies on bottom half. Place tofu on top of pickled veggies, and sprinkle with the marinade to cover the tofu. Add jalapeños, green onions and coriander to taste!
Serve with Sriracha (hot chile sauce) if you prefer more fire. Layer on the tofu slices, pickled carrots, cucumber, chili pepper, and cilantro. Serve with hoisin on the side. Meera Sodha's vegan recipe for tofu banh mi Pickles, herbs, mayo, chillies and tofu fried in five spice - this is a Vietnamese-colonial French champion of a sandwich Meera Sodha I honestly didn't know what a Banh Mi sandwich was until a couple years ago and I must say that I'm pretty into it. Toasty (GOOD) bread, pickled veggies, cilantro & jalapeno, and some deliciously marinated protein (tofu for me, liver pate and pork for Stephen).
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