I have a confession. I have a problematic habit of subscribing to cooking, health, and fitness magazines, finding promising or inspiring recipes in them, tearing the recipes out with the greatest of intentions to utilize them, and then leaving them stacked in a pile for months and months. Starting this year, I have made a promise to myself to actually put some of these recipes to use. After all, I am paying for the magazines, so I might as well get my monies worth! 
One of my favorite magazines to find inspiration from is Vegetarian Times. The most recent issue (January/February 2013) features a recipe for a “Vegful Vietnamese Sandwich.” This recipe inspired me to create my own version of a Vietnamese Banh Mi sandwich. Enter the…
Vietnamese Banh Mi-Inspired Sandwich
*Inspired by the Vegful Vietnamese Sandwich in Vegetarian Times
Servings: 2
Ingredients
1/2 cup shredded organic carrots
1 small lime, juiced
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp low-sodium soy sauce
3 TB vegan mayonnaise (I used Vegenaise)
1/2 TB Sriracha sauce
2 chik’n cutlets (I used Quorn brand)
2 hoagie sub rolls
EVOO cooking spray
lettuce
1 Roma tomato, sliced
Directions
1. In a small bowl, combine carrots, lime juice, apple cider vinegar, and soy sauce. Stir until well-combine. Let sit in the refrigerator for approximately 30 minutes.
2. Preheat oven to “broil.”
3. Stir together mayonnaise and Sriracha sauce. Set aside.
4. Cook chik’n cutlets according to package directions.
5. Cut hoagie sub rolls 3/4 of the way. Do not cut them all of the way. Spray the inside of the rolls with EVOO cooking spray. Broil for approximately 2-3 minutes, or until golden brown.
6. Spread mayonnaise and Sriracha spread onto the buns. Add lettuce and Roma tomato slices. Top the tomatoes with the cooked chik’n cutlet. Top the chik’n cutlet with the marinated carrots. Drizzle the carrots with a bit of the remaining marinade.
Serve the Vietnamese Banh Mi-Inspired Sandwich with a side of vegetables or fruit. I chose to eat mine with cooked mixed vegetables.
I was so thrilled with the outcome of this sandwich. The crispiness of the bread combined with the freshness of the vegetables, the heartiness of the chik’n cutlet (which, by the way tastes like chicken!), and the marinated carrot salad was absolutely delicious. And the Sriracha mayonnaise?? Um, do not even get me started on how delicious that was. It totally made the sandwich!
If you do one nice thing for yourself this week, do yourself a favor and make this sandwich. You simply cannot beat a recipe for a sandwich that is beyond easy to make and extremely flavorful and delicious. I highly encourage you to give it a try!
oh yumm! i used to be OBSESSED with quorn when i first became vegetarian then when i was tested for dairy allergies i sadly had to give them up ! this looks super easy though i have to try it
Well that sounds like a major bummer! :/
Oh my gosh, right now I’m actually going through all the workouts and recipes I have pulled out of magazines over the years! Good timing :p
Isn’t it an insane process?? Way, way too time-consuming. I should just be more organized in the first place and then I wouldn’t have to deal with it!
Girl that looks sooooo good! I love a big sandwich! Haha.
ME TOO!
That sounds so good! I think I would try it with black bean burgers or real chicken, I don’t have any ‘fake’ chicken. Is it made with soy? I love tofu, but am still a little intimidated when it comes to cooking it at home so I save it for restaurants.
I do believe it is made with soy. I am not for sure because I do not have the package anymore, but I would assume that it is. I think this sandwich would definitely be good with marinated and baked tofu!
This looks SO great! I love Vietnamese sandwiches and really appreciate a vegetarian recipe
Thanks for sharing! Have a great night!!
Thank you! I hope you give it a try
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I am guilty of the exact same thing! I’ve resolved to try and make at least one new recipe per week and it has been working pretty well. I pin my reciipes on a bulletin board in my kitchen as I find them!
That is so smart to pin them on a bulletin board. Then they at least wouldn’t grow into a huge pile of recipes. Nice idea!
I do the same thing with recipes and magazines. One of my goals this year, is to at least organize my recipe piles! The sandwich looks really yummy too!
I hear ya! I really need to just sit down and devote a few hours to going through all of my recipes (from magazines AND on my computer) and getting it all cleared out and organized. Maybe next weekend…??
I <3 Vegetarian Times! Great job!:)
Me too. I get so excited when I get a new issue in the mail
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I LOVE Banh Mi sandwiches! This looks like a delicious homemade version, and that sriracha mayonnaise is definitely calling my name.
My living room is stacked with health, fitness and cooking magazines, too! Not to mention all of the recipes I pin and bookmark online every day. It’s overwhelming!
Hope you had a wonderful weekend! <3
If you take anything at all from this recipe, it should definitely be the sriracha mayonnaise. So, so good!
My “bookmarked” pages online are out of control. Sooooo many recipes!!
Gahhh, I do the exact same thing with my magazines! I have tons of recipes [and new cookbooks- wedding gifts] that I’ve sorted through with the intention of making the recipes but they continue to sit there… Need to change that!
I think our brains just get overloaded with all sorts of recipes and cooking ideas and we just don’t quite know what to do with it all!
Helloo!!! This recipe is amazing. Seriously, it looks so tasty
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Let me know if you try it!
One of the best sandwiches! I buy these all the time
Let me know if you try it out at home!
Glad you stopped by the blog! This recipe looks really delicious! I love how you made it into a sandwich. Great idea, girl!
Thank you!
mmm what a great idea for a sandwich!
Wow, this looks like one heck of a yummy sandwich! Love your tasty take on it! Thanks for sharing.
This looks awesome!
Also to answer your questions that you posted on my blog:
1. I’m sure subbing almond milk in the soup would be fine!
2. A Nanaimo bar is a dessert with a coconut chocolate wafer crumb base, a custard filling, and a chocolate layer on top. They are to die for!
That sure sounds tasty!
Yum! I am trying to find ways to increase my protein intake.
Me too! One of the biggest misconceptions is that vegetarians/vegans cannot get enough protein. I love to show with my recipes that that is far from true!
I LOVE Bahn-Mi! There is actually a restaurant in Des Moines that serves its own vegan bahn-mi, but they use marinated tofu. They also load it up with cilantro, which gives it a nice kick! Here’s the full description: http://www.veganiowan.com/2012/12/vegan-at-gateway-market-cafe.html.
Too funny! I have actually been to Gateway Market and ALMOST ordered the bahn-mi sandwich when I was there. I guess I know what I will be getting next time!
So many things to say about this! For one, I saw someone make a banh mi -type sandwich on chopped probably YEARS ago at this point and have been drooling over the idea ever since! So glad someone else did the leg work and came up with a recipe for me to try
For two, you get further than me with your magazines. Half of mine sit (never opened) in a magazine rack until I throw them away. So wasteful
I LOVE the Quorn cutlets. The first (several) times I tried to eat them, I was too weirded out by the seemingly real taste and texture. I hadn’t eaten meat in 10+ years, so I asked my omni boyfriend to try them and reassure me that they weren’t secretly real meat! [he tried them, but definitely laughed at me!]. They’re his favorite chicken substitute, so they have to be doing something right!
That was the first time that I tried the Quorn cutlets, but I loved them. I will definitely be cooking with them again.
I have the same habit.
I have SO many recipes that I cut out and never get around to making. But I always intend to! I think I saved this recipe too…
It can be such an annoying habit to have. I am glad to hear that I am not the only one!
I found the chicken substitues to be a bit rubbery. How was it for you? Looks like a tasty sandwich.
I actually did not find it rubbery. I thought it was good and tasted like chicken!
Then I’m gonna try again. It was probably the way I heated it up. Sometimes you can’t do things the fast way. Thanks.