Delicious 30 Min Oven Baked Vietnamese BBQ Chicken 'Banh Mi'

Tangy carrots and fresh herbs overflowing with smokey chicken on a crispy french baguette, a Vietnamese 'Banh Mi' is a delicious unforgettable experience. This super easy oven baked Vietnamese 'Bank Mi' recipe came out of a necessity to recreate street style banh mi sandwiches quickly at home. With this recipe, you can make banh mi within 30 mins, have it any day of the week! Give this super easy recipe a try! 

30 Min 'Banh Mi' Sandwich

total cooking time: 30 mins serves 3

ingredients

• 6-8 chicken thighs, deboned (about 2-3 per sandwich)
• 1 tsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 1 small onion diced
• salt and pepper

BBQ sauce

• 4 tbsp smokey bbq sauce
• 2 tbsp sweet chili sauce

pickled carrots

• 1 small carrot, match sticked
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 2 tbsp vinegar
• 1 tbsp water

• 3 baguettes
• 4 tbsp mayonnaise
• 1/2 small red onion, match sticked
• a handful of parsley

directions

1. preheat oven to 400F
2. in a ziplock bag, combine chicken and marinade ingredients
3. for pickled carrots; in a small bowl, combine; sugar, vinegar, water, mix well, add carrots, set aside
4. line a baking pan with aluminum foil for easy cleaning
5. lay chicken thighs on a baking pan, bake for 10 mins
6. meanwhile, prepare the bbq sauce; in a small bowl combine bbq sauce and sweet chili sauce, 
7. remove chicken, flip the chicken and glaze it with the bbq sauce
8. bake the chicken for another 10 - 15 minutes until done, broil on the last 3-4 minutes
9. remove, let sit for 5 minutes, cut diagonally
10. open baguette to make a sandwich, toast or broil in the oven for 2 minutes
11. generously spread mayonnaise on both sides of the baguette, add chicken, onions, cucumbers, pickled carrots, and parsley
12. cut in half and serve warm

Enjoy!

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xoxo J