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Bánh Mì Sandwich Recipe

This flavourful sandwich hails from colonial times, marrying native Vietnamese flavours with the baguette of imperial France.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients
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Why it works: Radish and cucumber match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 212 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Bánh Mì Sandwich Recipe

1 person
Prep30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

200Calories
9 gProtein
6 gFat
29 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 15 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Lemongrass1 tbsp (6g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Mackerelnot in our table0
Saladnot in our table0
Daikonnot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0
Coriandernot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By lovefood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Radish + cucumbertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together212 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Shallot + radishtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Shallot + cucumbertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together264 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Garlic + cucumbertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,556 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Garlic + shallottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (fish sauce, garlic, clove, sugar, shallot, radish, cucumber):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Welsh onionfits better
  3. Broccolifits better
  4. Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against fish sauce, garlic, clove, sugar, shallot, radish, cucumber. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.