Trader Joe’s Pork Belly Banh Mi Recipe Hack – FOOD is Four Letter Word (2024)

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cook time: 5 minutes

Serves: 3 Sandwiches

Method

• 1)

  Make pickled carrots by adding 2 Tablespoons Rice Vinegar, 1 Tablespoon Water, 1 Teaspoon Sugar, ½ Coarse Sea Salt into a bowl, stir until the salt and sugar are dissolved. Add 1 Cup of Shredded Carrots and toss to coat the carrots. Put into the refrigerator while you prepare the pork belly.

  *Usually there’s also julienned daikon too, but Trader Joe’s doesn’t carry daikon, you can do half carrots and half daikon if you can get a hold of it. The closest substitution at Trader Joe’s would be the small round radishes.

• 2)

  Heat a large non-stick skillet on high heat, add the pork belly slices and sear both sides so they are slightly browned. Add ⅓ Cup Trader Joe’s Soyaki Sauce into the hot pan and let it simmer for about 1 minute so the sauce reduces, coat all the pork belly pieces in the sauce and turn off the heat.

• 3)

  Drain the vinegar from the carrots. Cut the baguette into thirds and lightly toast them so the crust is slightly crispy. Cut each lengthwise so it’s like a hotdog bun (don’t cut all the way through). Add Mayonnaise, layer the Pork Belly, Pickled Carrots, sliced Cucumbers, Sliced Jalapeños and Cilantro. Enjoy!

  *If you make this recipe, please leave a comment down below and let me know what you thought 🙂

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3 Comments

• makala smith

  February 22, 2021 at 7:24 pm

  i loved this recipe!!!! i added a little twist and made an siracha jalepeno lime mayo to spice things up !! such a delicious hack to the hard work it takes to make pork belly!
  thank you!

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• Robin Pomerantz Laidlaw

  March 14, 2024 at 7:08 pm

  I made this recipe tonight and my husband and I loved it. Thank you!

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  1. Van

     March 19, 2024 at 10:50 am

     Happy to hear you both loved it!

     Reply