Reconstructed Banh Mi

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Gabe Mandel incorporates the flavors and textures of the classical Vietnamese sandwich into a refined stack layered atop creaseless murphy blini.

This look has galore components, astir of which tin beryllium prepared successful advance. The pork and slaw could marque a elemental repast connected their own.

When Mandel makes this, helium surrounds the banh mi with a excavation of cilantro water. We thought the look was already flavorful enough, truthful we've skipped that step.

The pork indispensable beryllium brined for astatine slightest 12 but nary longer than 24 hours. Freeze the nutrient overnight oregon for astatine slightest 8 hours. The frozen pork tin beryllium sliced, covered and refrigerated up to 12 hours successful advance. Freeze immoderate leftover blini for different use. Eat immoderate leftover pork separately.

From Gabe Mandel of Garrett Park, utilizing a murphy blini look adapted from Thomas Keller's "The French Laundry Cookbook" (Artisan, 1999) and a pork look adapted from the September 2005 contented of Food & Wine magazine.

Ingredients

For the pork

  • 1 spoon achromatic peppercorns
  • 1 spoon achromatic peppercorns
  • Scant 1/2 cupful kosher brackish (7 tablespoons)
  • 1/4 cupful packed airy brownish sugar
  • 1 serrano chile pepper, crushed
  • 1 jalapeño pepper, stemmed, seeded and chopped crosswise into bladed slices
  • 3 mean cloves garlic, minced (1 tablespoon)
  • 1 cupful lukewarm water
  • 1 lb boneless pork shoulder

For the cucumbers

  • 8 to 12 bladed slices seedless (English) cucumbers (about 1/3 of a full cucumber)
  • 2 teaspoons sriracha blistery sauce
  • 2 teaspoons low-sodium soy sauce

For the murphy blinis

  • 1 lb Yukon Gold potatoes
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 2 tablespoons to 3 tablespoons crème fraîche, astatine country temperature
  • 2 ample eggs
  • 1 ample ovum yolk
  • Coarse salt
  • Freshly crushed achromatic pepper

For assembly

  • Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
  • Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
  • 4 teaspoons to 6 teaspoons acheronian brownish sugar
  • 3 tablespoons to 4 tablespoons canola oil
  • 1 tablespoonful low-sodium soy sauce

For assembly

  • 2 cups Asian slaw (see related recipe) oregon prepared coleslaw
  • 6 teaspoons to 8 teaspoons Jalapeño Oil (see related recipe)
  • Chopped chives oregon scallion tops, for garnish
  • Cilantro leaves, for garnish

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

  • Calories

    490

  • Fat

    34 g

  • Saturated Fat

    8 g

  • Carbohydrates

    29 g

  • Sodium

    1150 mg

  • Cholesterol

    150 mg

  • Protein

    18 g

  • Fiber

    2 g

  • Sugar

    17 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Gabe Mandel of Garrett Park, utilizing a murphy blini look adapted from Thomas Keller's "The French Laundry Cookbook" (Artisan, 1999) and a pork look adapted from the September 2005 contented of Food & Wine magazine.

Tested by Gabe Mandel and Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published May 18, 2010

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Updated March 13, 2026

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