Watch How to Make Beef Banh Mi

Ingredients

For the beef filling, the main ingredients are:For the pickled vegetables, you will need crunchy veggies, typically carrots and daikon radish, vinegar (I recommend rice vinegar) and sugar. If you don’t like daikon radish, you can substitute with cucumber (seeds removed). You can buy plain banh mi from almost any shops selling banh mi sandwich. If it isn’t an option, substitute with regular baguettes. Compared to regular baguettes, banh mi has a thinner and crispier crust and lighter and airier crumb. However, I’m sure the dish is still tasty with baguettes.

Cooking Notes

I recommend pickling the vegetables several hours in advance or even the night before. Generally, if you want to eat all of the pickled veggies fairly soon, you can increase the ratio of vinegar to water to reduce the pickling time. Vice versa, if you want to keep the pickled vegetables for a longer time, use a lower ratio of vinegar to water.These lemongrass beef skewers are best when grilled. I cook them in my Staub grill pan for 2-3 minutes each side. They can also be broiled in the oven or cooked in the air fryer for 5-6 minutes in total. However they won’t be as aromatic and juicy as when grilled.Also, it isn’t a must to form the meat mixture into skewers like I do here. You can shape them into small patties as well. Just do what works best for you.⭐️ I’d love to hear what you think about the dish, so please feel free to leave a comment and a rating if you have tried it. New recipes are added every week so let’s connect on Facebook, Youtube, Pinterest and Instagram for the latest updates. You can find my collection of Vietnamese recipes here.