This Low Calorie Banh Mi Sandwich is just 296 calories, and can be made in just 35 minutes. These healthy Vietnamese sandwiches are easy and delicious and perfect for lunch or dinner.
Ingredients You’ll Need
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon 0% Greek Yogurt
- 1 teaspoon lime zest
- 1 teaspoon sriracha
- Olive oil spray
Low Calorie Chicken Banh Mi Sandwich
Healthy Banh Mi Sandwich Meal Prep and Storage
Meal Prep: You can meal prep this healthy recipe easily. Simply assemble, wrap in parchment paper and add to a plastic bag or container.
Storage: Will hold for 2 days in the fridge (may get soggy, so 1 day is ideal), does not do well in the freezer.
Low Calorie Chicken Banh Mi Sandwiches
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Ingredients
Banh Mi Veggie Slaw:
- 2 carrots sliced thin or grated
- 1 cup daikon radish sliced thin or grated
- 2 Persian cucumbers sliced thin
- 1 tablespoon honey
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon water
Banh Mi Chicken:
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon 0% Greek Yogurt
- 1 teaspoon lime zest
- 1 teaspoon sriracha
- Olive oil spray
Sandwich Ingredients:
- ¼ cup 0% Greek Yogurt
- 2 teaspoons Sriracha sauce
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 4 sandwich rolls
- 1 jalapeño de-seeded and thinly sliced
- ½ cup cilantro
Instructions
Banh Mi Veggie Slaw Directions:
- In a small bowl, combine the water, rice vinegar, and salt and stir until the honey dissolves.
- To a separate medium bowl, combine the carrots, daikon and cucumbers.
- Pour the dressing over veggies and toss together. Set aside to marinate while you cook the chicken.
Banh Mi Chicken Directions:
- In a medium bowl or gallon freezer bag, combine the garlic, fish sauce, soy sauce, Greek Yogurt, lime zest, and sriracha.
- Add the chicken to the Banh Mi marinade, cover, and marinate in the fridge for 20 minutes, to overnight.
- Preheat a skillet over medium heat and spray with olive oil, and add the chicken breasts.
- Cook the chicken breasts for 10 minutes on each side until cooked through with no pink in the center.
- Set the chicken aside to rest for 5 minutes while you work on the sandwiches.
How to Put Together a Banh Mi Sandwich:
- Slice the rolls down the center, horizontally (like you’re going to fill a sandwich).
- Use your fingers to dig out 1/2 of the soft bread in the center, on both the top and bottom parts of the roll.
- Then toast the rolls (if desired) in the oven or toaster oven at 350°F.
- In a small bowl combine the Greek Yogurt, lime juice and Sriracha and mix well.
- Slice the chicken thin.
- Spread Greek Yogurt onto the bottom half of the bread and top with chicken slices, veggie slaw, jalapeños, and cilantro. And serve.
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It has been corrected 🙂
Two different times your directions call for sugar. But sugar isn’t listen in your ingredients anywhere.
Thanks for sharing this amazing recipe.my family loved it.will be sharing this recipe with my friends.they will like it.