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A quick vegan dinner in just 20 minutes, this flavorful vegan banh mi sandwich is bursting with ginger lime hummus, pickled vegetables, and cilantro!
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What’s a vegan banh mi sandwich?
One of the first times I tasted banh mi was visiting my sister in Laos. She took me to a little Vietnamese restaurant where she regularly ordered banh mi. I went for the vegetarian version, filled with egg and topped with delightful pickled vegetables.
This vegan banh mi sandwich, however, is inspired by a visit to a restaurant here in Indianapolis called The Garden Table. It’s an incredible juicery and fresh eatery here in town that features everything from bacon to açaí bowls. A friend was in town visiting and at lunch I ordered a vegan banh mi. I loved the idea of using hummus to stand in for a meaty flavor in a vegan banh mi sandwich. The original used a sun-dried tomato hummus, but I wanted to find a way to bring in more Asian flavors like ginger and lime.
This is how our ginger lime hummus was born, and when combined with some quick pickled vegetables on a fluffy baguette it’s incredibly delightful. This vegan sandwich takes just 20 minutes to put together, including making the hummus. And the best part of this vegan banh mi sandwich? A traditional slather of creamy vegan mayonnaise, which puts it over the top! It’s a lovely quick weeknight dinner or healthy lunch idea that features big flavors with low effort.
Like this sandwich idea? Here’s another featuring hummus: Mediterranean Veggie Sandwich
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This vegan banh mi recipe is…
This vegan banh mi recipe is vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, and dairy-free.
Vegan Banh Mi Sandwich
A quick vegan dinner in just 20 minutes, this flavorful vegan banh mi sandwich is bursting with ginger lime hummus, pickled vegetables, and cilantro!
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Blended
- Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients
- 1/2 small red cabbage
- 1/2 red onion
- 1/2 English Cucumber
- ¼ cup white wine vinegar
- ¼ cup rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 recipe Ginger Lime Hummus
- 2 carrots
- 1 jalapeno pepper (optional)
- 1 handful cilantro
- 4 baguettes
- Vegan mayonnaise, to serve
Instructions
- To make the pickled vegetables: Thinly slice the cabbage and measure out 2 cups. Thinly slice the onion and cucumber. Place the cabbage, onion and cucumber in a bowl and stir together with the white wine vinegar, rice vinegar, sugar, and kosher salt. Allow to stand at room temperature while you make the hummus.
- Make the ginger lime hummus.
- To prepare the sandwich: Peel the carrot into ribbons. If using, thinly slice the jalapeno pepper. Tear the leaves from the cilantro. Slice the baguettes in half.
- To serve: take the bottom baguette piece and pull out some of the soft bread to make a well. (This helps to keep the sandwich together while eating.) Spread the well with hummus, then top with the pickled veggies. Add carrot ribbons, sliced jalapenos (if using) and cilantro. Spread the top baguette with mayonnaise and serve.
Love a good Bahn Mi recipe, and this one is now saved to my recipe folder! Thank you!
I’m not vegan but what a lovely satisfying sandwich this is! Fantastic!
Thank you so much! We’re not vegan either but love making fully plant-based meals. Let us know if you try it out!
Hello,
It is very nice to know that I have a new dish for my meat free weeks.
It was getting very hard to find a new plate that is full of nutrition and fun to make.
Most of the time, my plates were monotone with not a lot of colour.
And I had a lack on vitements.
Keep up the good and creative work.
I am for sure a new fan of you!
I’m so glad this recipe looks tasty to you — let us know if you try it out! Thanks for the kind words!