Jack is Cooking Mostly Macro Banh Mi

Well Hello Internet!

its been a couple of weeks, and i have a few posts lingering that i have to put up! but heres a quick one in the mean time.  Last night for dinner i made some Mostly Macrobiotic (almost but not quite) Vietnamese Sandwiches (otherwise known as Banh Mi)

i made them with tempeh instead of the roast pork that is normally in these delicious sandwiches, but i tailored this tempeh to be just as delicious.  

heres what you'll need:

for the carrots:

2 carrots julienned

1 daikon julienned

1/2 cup water

1/4 cup white vinegar

2 tablespoons rice syrup

some salt

for the tempeh:

1 package of tempeh

2 tablespoons of ketchup

1 tablespoon soy sauce

2 inches of ginger

2-3 cloves of garlic

half a lemon 

1/4 cup apple cider vinegar

1 tablespoon olive oil

1/2 tablespoon hot sesame oil

for the sandwiches:

baguettes

spicy mayonaise (mayonaise + sriracha)

cilantro

cucumbers

onion

So First make the carrot slaw

to do this put the water, vinegar and rice syrup in pan and bring to a boil.  transfer to a bowl and let it cool down.  put in the carrots, and the daikon with some salt.  i put in some dried cranberries for some extra goodness too.  let this sit for 30 minutes to an hour, turning every now and then.

While these are festering we can cook the tempeh.  first its good to steam it.  Tempeh is always better steamed first.  so while its steaming, prepare the sauce.  put the ketchup, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, sesame oil, olive oil, lemon juice, and apple cider vinegar together in pan and stir and cook until it boils.

yay!  this is an awesome BBQ sauce, good to put on any kind of meat, or tempeh to make it taste more like BBQ.

 when the tempeh has steamed for 20 minutes or so, pour this sauce all over it, and then cook it in a skillet for about 15 minutes at a medium heat.  now the tempeh is all done!

now all to do is to make the sandwich! so toast the baguette, slather on some spicy mayonnaise (you can make it more or less spicy by the amount of sriracha sauce you put on)  put some tempeh on the roll, then the onions, the cucumbers, some of the carrots and daikon, and top it off with a bunch of cilantro!

the word is that this is as good or better than any of the sandwich places!  (except Nicky's of course.  that place is the bomb.  but they should make a tempeh sandwich for a veggie option instead of a portabello...)

mmm mmmm delicious!