Grilled Eggplant Banh Mi Sandwich

Name: Grilled Eggplant Banh Mi Sandwich
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: Vietnamese, Asian
Ingredients: 454 grams French bread baguette, cut in half horizontally; 2 Tbsps canola oil; 473 milliliters julienne-cut peeled carrot (about 4 medium); 79 milliliters creamy peanut butter; 237 milliliters thinly sliced cucumber; 567 grams eggplant; 237 milliliters fresh cilantro leaves; 1 Tbsp minced peeled fresh ginger; 59 milliliters minced green onions; 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice; 118 milliliters rice wine vinegar; 0 teaspoons salt; 2 Tbsps sugar; 2 teaspoons yellow miso (soybean paste)

You can never have too many Vietnamese recipes, so give Grilled Eggplant Banh Mi Sandwich a try. One serving contains 463 calories, 16g of protein, and 17g of fat. This vegan recipe serves 5. It works best as a main course, and is done in about 25 minutes. It is perfect for The Fourth Of July. If you have bread baguette, cucumber, cilantro leaves, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 37

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Combine vinegar, sugar, and salt in a bowl, stirring until sugar dissolves.

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Sugar

Salt

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Add carrot; let stand 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.

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Drain.

Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat.

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Cut eggplant stem off.

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Eggplant

Cut eggplant lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices; brush with oil. Grill 7 minutes or until tender, turning once.

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Cooking Oil

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Combine peanut butter, onions, ginger, miso, and juice in a bowl; stir well.

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Ginger

Onion

Juice

Miso

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Hollow out top and bottom halves of bread, leaving a 1-inch-thick shell; reserve torn bread for another use.

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Bread

Place bread on a baking sheet, cut sides up.

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Bread

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Bake at 375 for 5 minutes or until golden brown.

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Spread bottom half of bread with peanut butter mixture. Arrange eggplant evenly over peanut butter mixture. Arrange carrot mixture and cucumber evenly over eggplant; top with cilantro and jalapeo, if desired.

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Cilantro