Banh Mi Sliders
Servings: 5
Ingredients
- 1 cup carrot strips, peeled and cut into spears or peels
- 1/2 cup cucumber, thinly sliced
- 2 scallions or red onion sliced
Quick Pickle
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 cup rice wine vinegar
- 1 cup water
- 1 tbsp kosher salt
The Sliders
- 2 lbs ground pork
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp grated ginger
- 1 cloves minced garlic
- 2 tsp rice wine vinegar
- 2 tsp fish sauce
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- salt and pepper
Garnishes
- 1/2 cup fresh jalapeno peppers thinly sliced
- sprigs of fresh cilantro
- lettuce leaves
- buns
Sriracha mayo
- 1/2 cup mayo
- 1 green onion, thinly sliced
- 1-2 tbsp cilantro, chopped
- 1.5 tsp sriracha, to taste
- 1/2 lime, zest and juice
- pinch salt
Instructions
- Add carrots, cucuumber and onion to a bowl. Set aside.
Quick Pickle
- In a small sauce pan mix together sugar, vinegar, water and salt. Bring to a boil and stir until sugar and salt are dissolved. Remove from heat. Pour mixture over carrot, cucumber and onion. Let sit until ready to use.
- Preheat grill to medium high.
- Place the pork in a mixing bowl and add in sesame oil, ginger, garlic, 2 tsp rice wine vinegar, fish sauce, brown sugar and a pinch of salt and pepper. Divide the meat into 10 equal balls and form each into a slider.
- Grill the sliders until the meat is no longer pink inside about 4-5 minutes per side.
Sriracha Mayo
- Mix together all ingredients until combined. Store in refrigerator until ready to use.
Assemble
- On a bun slather on some sriracha mayo if using, add your burger, a piece of lettuce and about 1/4 cup of the drained pickle mixture onto the burger. Sprinkle with fresh cilantro and thinly sliced jalapeno peppers.