Recipes For Disaster - Ep 24 - Vietnamese Banh Mi Sandwiches

Recipes For Disaster - Ep 24 - Vietnamese Banh Mi Sandwiches - twitch.tv/cyborgshadow & twitch.tv/themattabase

Ingredients:
1 jar (12 oz) bulgogi marinade
3 lbs boneless pork shoulder
2 baguette's or other crispy bread (we used cuban bread)
1 cucumber, julienne'd
1 large daikon, julienne'd
4-5 carrots, julienne'd
2 jalapenos, thinly sliced
1 bushel cilantro
Mayonnaise
2 tsp salt
1 cup sugar
4 tsp sugar (separate from above)
2 1/2 cups distilled white vinegar
2 cup lukewarm water
Maggi seasoning (drizzle to taste)

Instructions:

Pickled Daikon/Carrot Mixture:
- Rinse and peel daikon
- Rinse carrots
- Julienne carrots and daikon
- Place carrots and daikon in bowl, sprinkle with salt and 4 tsp sugar
- Knead vegetables for several minutes until they soften and water extrudes
- Stop kneading when you can bend a strip of daikon into a ring without it breaking
- Drain into colander and rinse under cold water
- Press vegetables with paper towel to extrude remaining water
- Transfer to 2 1 qt jars
- In bowl, combine 1 cup sugar, vinegar, and water
- Stir until sugar dissolves
- Pour over vegetables, seal and refridgerate
- Serve in 1 hour (lasts up to 4 weeks)

Meat:
- Marinate pork shoulder in bulgogi marinade for at least 2-3 hours prior to cooking
- Place in glass dish with marinade
- Cook at 375 until done (varies depending upon cut of meat used)
- Remove from heat, let cool (refridgerate if necessary)
- Slice into thin slices either by hand or using a mandolin slicer

Extras (Per each sandwich):
- use 2-3 roughly chopped cilantro sprigs
- 3-7 straws of julienne'd and seeded cucumber
- 2-5 thinly sliced jalapenos (use mandolin slicer)
- Add mayonnaise

Bread:
- Lightly toast bread until crispy
- Make sammich!

As always, thanks for watching!