Banh Mi with Pork and Mushroom Meatballs

Name: Banh Mi with Pork and Mushroom Meatballs
Ingredients: 2 tbsp Olivado Avocado Cooking Oil; 200 g Meadows white mushrooms; 2 Superb Herb Lemongrass (stalks white part only); ½ cup Superb Herb Coriander (plus extra for serving); 1 shallot; 3 cloves garlic; 500 g pork mince; 2 tbsp caster sugar; 2 tbsp fish sauce; 2 tbsp sriracha; ½ tsp sea salt; 1/2 cucumber (ribboned); 1 large carrot (peeled); 1/3 cup rice vinegar; 1/3 cup brown sugar; Crusty bread rolls; 1/2 cup mayonnaise; 1/3 cup hoisin sauce (we love Lee Kum Kee); 1 mild red chilli (finely chopped.)

A great meatball Banh Mi sandwich recipe. Mushrooms blended together with garlic, lemon grass and coriander add the fantastic exotic flavour to the pork meatball.

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Ingredients

2 tbsp Olivado Avocado Cooking Oil

Meatballs

200 g Meadows white mushrooms
2 Superb Herb Lemongrass stalks white part only
½ cup Superb Herb Coriander plus extra for serving
1 shallot
3 cloves garlic
500 g pork mince
2 tbsp caster sugar
2 tbsp fish sauce
2 tbsp sriracha
½ tsp sea salt

Quick Pickled Veg

½ cucumber ribboned
1 large carrot peeled
⅓ cup rice vinegar
⅓ cup brown sugar

To Serve

Crusty bread rolls
½ cup mayonnaise
⅓ cup hoisin sauce we love Lee Kum Kee
1 mild red chilli finely chopped.

Instructions

For the quick pickle combine all ingredients in a bowl. Set aside for 20 minutes stirring occasionally then drain.
Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a pan over a medium heat. Cook the mushrooms for 5 minutes then drain onto a paper towel.
In a food processor blend mushrooms, lemongrass, coriander, shallot and garlic until smooth.
Transfer into a large bowl and add the pork mince, caster sugar, fish sauce, sriracha, and salt. Mix well, cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Roll pork mince into 16 balls. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a large non stick frying pan over a medium heat. Cook for 10 minutes, turning often until brown and cooked through. set aside on a plate lined with a paper towel to drain.
Split the bread rolls length ways, cutting part way through. Generously spread both sides with mayo and hoisin sauce. Divide carrot and cucumber between the rolls and top with the meatballs, coriander and chilli.