Chicken Banh Mi Flatbread with Incredible Sauces X 2
Yield: 6flatbreads
Prep Time: 30 minutesmins
Total Time: 30 minutesmins
Ingredients
Flatbread + Chicken:
6flatbreads or naan
1 ½poundscooked chicken, grilled or rotisserie works great here
Fresh, chopped cilantro
Creamy Sauce:
1cupmayonnaise or plain Greek yogurt
2tablespoonsfreshly squeezed lime juice
1tablespoonmore or less to taste hot sauce/sriracha or sweet Thai chili sauce
1green onion or a couple chives, finely chopped (optional)
Vegetable Relish:
2large carrots, peeled and cut into thin matchsticks
1English/seedless cucumber, cut into thin matchsticks
2tablespoonsgranulated sugar
2tablespoonsrice vinegar
1teaspoonsesame oil, can use toasted sesame oil
½teaspooncoarse, kosher salt
Sweet and Spicy Hoisin Sauce:
⅓cupsweet Thai chili sauce
¼cuphoisin sauce
2tablespoonsrice vinegar
2tablespoonssoy sauce
Instructions
For the creamy sauce, whisk together all the ingredients. Can be made several days in advance.
For the vegetable relish, place the vegetables in a bowl or container. Whisk together the sugar, vinegar, sesame oil and salt. Pour over the vegetables and toss to coat well. Can use immediately but the relish tastes best if made at least an hour before and refrigerated.
For the sweet and spicy hoisin sauce, whisk together all of the ingredients. Can be made several days in advance.
To assemble, lightly warm the flatbread or naan to make it more pliable and soft (if needed, totally optional depending on the bread you are using).
Spread a layer of creamy sauce over the flatbread and top with chicken, vegetable relish, a drizzle of hoisin sauce and fresh cilantro (optional but tasty).
Notes
Flatbread:I love this flatbread recipe. Also, these flatbreads are served like a room temperature sandwich (not hot/warm although you could experiment with that if desired).Prep Time: obviously the time stated in the recipe as "prep" is assuming the chicken is cooked and flatbread is made (if going the homemade route) - adjust the time expectation needed if accounting for either of those things. Leftover grilled chicken is super tasty on these (rotisserie chicken works great, too).Relish: as noted in the recipe, the relish can be used immediately, but it tastes better if made at least an hour in advance (or the day before). All of the components of this recipe can be made at least a day ahead of time.