This Vietnamese Dinner Menu features two healthy and delicious Vietnamese recipes that you can make tonight! Both the main dish and the side dish are easy to make and come together quickly.
Vietnamese Dinner Menu
Main dish: Vegetarian Banh Mi Bowls
Side dish: Vietnamese Mango Fruit Salad
The Vegetarian Banh Mi Bowls can easily be made with meat. Shredded chicken, shredded pork, pork meatballs, ground pork, turkey or even tofu all work in place of the jackfruit. And for the mango fruit salad, if cilantro isn’t your thing, go ahead and use fresh basil or mint. Make it your own here!
Make ahead tips:
Up to 2 days ahead
- Cook the rice and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
- Make the spicy mayo sauce and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Up to 1 day ahead
- Thinly slice vegetables and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Or you can go ahead and pickle the vegetables and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
- Toss the jackfruit with it’s sauce and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Finish Preparing and Serve
- Prepare mango salad (peel and slice mangoes, toss with dressing, finish with coconut chips, cayenne and cilantro.
- Assemble banh mi bowls and serve.
GROCERY LIST:
PRODUCE:
- 1 bag large carrots
- 1 Daikon (or regular radishes
- 1 English cucumber
- 2 limes
- 1 head garlic
- 1 small knob ginger
- 1 bunch cilantro
- 1 bunch basil
- 5 mangoes
Dairy:
- 1 small container Greek yogurt
- Olive oil mayonnaise
- 2 packages prepared jackfruit (9-ounces each)
DRY:
- Fish sauce
- Chili garlic sauce
- 1 bag toasted coconut chips (sweetened or unsweetened)
CHECK YOUR PANTRY FOR:
- Jasmine or brown rice
- Honey
- White or rice vinegar
- Low-sodium soy sauce
- Olive oil
- Cayenne
- Maldon sea salt
