Look, I'm no history major but one time, I heard France colonized Indochina and a bunch of old timey Vietnamese people started making sandwiches on baguettes. Apparently someone other than me thought this was a great idea because it stuck and the delicious bastardization of not one, but two cultures was born: Bahn Mi. Traditionally these babies are filled with pickled carrots and shredded pork or chicken or sausage or any number of gross meaty things (HEAD CHEESE?!?) and there is even a tofu version, but what really brings this sando together is the dressing. This dressing can heal the sick, bring rain, and end wars (I said it can end wars people, not conflicts) oh and GOOD NEWS: it's totally easy to make vegan style!
Here is all you need:
1 tablespoon sweet chilli sauce
1 tablespoon Sriracha chili sauce (a.k.a. rooster sauce)
2 tablespoons Veganaise or Zesty Garlic Aioli
1 carrot, grated (give your old cheese grater something to do!)
As much fresh cilantro as you want, I say the more the merrier!
Mix the sweet chilli sauce, sriracha, veganaise, grated carrot, and cilantro together and TA DA! Bahn Mi dressing, in your house. What should you do with that dressing? Well why don't you add:
1/2 cup seitan strips
Go ahead and toss that all together, cut 6 inches of french baguette open like a hot dog bun, stuff in 2 leaves of romaine lettuce and, all dirty jokes aside, let that delicious filling colonize the hell out of your baguette!
