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Sesame Chicken of the woods Bahn mi

Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Keyword: Chicken of the woods
Servings: 4 sandwiches

Equipment

  • 1 air fryer or oven
  • 1 cutting board
  • 1 Knife
  • 2 Bowls
  • 1 Sauce pan

Ingredients

  • 250 grams Chicken of the woods
  • 1 baguette

Chicken of the woods sauce

  • 2 tbsp sesame oil
  • 4 tbsp tahini
  • 2 tbsp dark soy sauce
  • 1 tsp pepper

Pickles

  • 50 grams shredded carrot
  • 50 grams shredded daikon radish
  • 1/4 cup rice vinegar
  • 1/8 cup suggar
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 tbsp salt

Garnish

  • 1 tbsp mint
  • 1 tbsp coriander
  • 1/2 part of cucumber
  • 4 leaves dandelion
  • 4 leaves garlic mustard
  • 1 tbsp Maggi
  • 4 tbsp mayonnaise
  • 2 tbsp sesame seed

Instructions

Pickles

  • Pour water and vinegar into a saucepan.
  • Dissolve salt and sugar in the vinegar mixture.
  • Bring the mixture to a boil.
  • Put finely shredded daikon radish and carrot into a bowl.
  • Pour vinegar mixture over radish and carrot and leave it for 30 minutes.

Chicken of the woods

  • Clean the chicken of the woods well and remove all hard parts and parts of wood that might still be attached to it.
  • Cut the mushroom into bite-size pieces.
  • Put the mushroom into a bowl with all the sauce ingredients.
  • Transfer the mushroom to the air fryer and fry for 20 minutes at a temperature of 180℃.

Garnish

  • Finely cut mint, coriander, cucumber, and garlic mustard leaves.

Assembling Bahn mi

  • Cut the baguette into four parts and slice each part length-wise.
  • Spread a layer of mayonnaise on each part of the baguette.
  • Put a dandelion leaf on the bottom part of the baguette followed by chopped garlic mustard leaves.
  • Put the mushroom on top of the dandelion and garlic mustard leaves.
  • Sprinkle sesame seeds.
  • Add cucumber, pickles, and green herbs.
  • Sprinkle with Maggi.