Banh Mi Op La Recipe – Hoi An Style Banh Mi with Omelette
This Banh Mi Op La recipe, which is essentially a banh mi or Vietnamese sandwich with omelette, is a great breakfast or brunch dish combining the Southeast Asian classic breakfast of grilled pork with the addition of an omelette all wrapped up in a baguette.
Servings: 1
Calories: 686kcal
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- 8.5 inch Egg Frypan
Ingredients
- 1 demi-baguette
- 2 eggs
- vegetable oil
- fish sauce
- pepper
- pork liver pâté
- mayonnaise
- 1 cucumber sliced thin
- ¼ bunch coriander
- 1 banana chilli thinly sliced
- handful of pickled carrots and daikon
- decent slices of char siu pork belly, tenderloin or both
- chilli sauce or chilli paste to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C (355°F).
- Place the baguettes in the oven until warm – usually about a minute.
- Slice the baguette lengthways but don’t cut all the way through.
- Break the eggs into a small bowl and whisk lightly, add a dash of fish sauce and a little pepper. Don’t add salt, the fish sauce is salty enough.
- Add a tablespoon of vegetable to an omelette pan over medium-high heat, add the eggs and make an omelette following the directions in this post.
- Spread a little pâté on the bottom half of the baguette and mayonnaise on the top half.
- Add the cucumber slices on top of the pâté, the omelette and then slices of the char siu pork.
- Add the chilli slices, pickled carrots and daikon and then the coriander.
- Add chilli sauce or chilli paste to your taste.
- Eat immediately!