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Banh Mi Style Lobster Roll
Banh Mi Style Lobster Roll – - Recipe

This dish combines some of the traditional ingredients of an Alantic Canadian Lobster roll, which includes succulent pieces of lobster served on a hot dog style bun, and a Vietnamese banh mi which is a sandwich that includes components like meat, pickled vegetables, and pate.

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Ingredients per serving

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Pickled Vegetables

  • Carrots peeled, julienned 4.0 pieces
  • Celery tops and bottoms removed, julienned 3.0 stalks
  • Water, hot boiled 900.0 ml
  • White Sugar 250.0 g
  • Salt 10.0 tsp
  • Vinegar, rice wine 450.0 ml

Pork Pate

Lobster Filling

  • Lobster 1.3 kg
  • Hellmann's® Real Mayonnaise 150.0 ml
  • Tamari 15.0 ml
  • Sesame oil 5.0 ml
  • Lemon juice as desired

Garnish

  • Cilantro fresh, washed and leaves removed 2.0 cup
  • Mint fresh, washed and leaves julienned 0.5 cup
  • Green Onion sliced 1.0 cup

Toasted Buns

Assembly

  • Pickled Vegetables
  • Pork Pate
  • Lobster Filling
  • Garnish
  • Toasted Buns
Created by
Kyla Touri

Kyla Touri

 Corporate Chef

This dish combines some of the traditional ingredients of an Alantic Canadian Lobster roll, which includes succulent pieces of lobster served on a hot dog style bun, and a Vietnamese banh mi which is a sandwich that includes components like meat, pickled vegetables, and pate.

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Preparation

  1. Pickled Vegetables

    • Dissolve salt and sugar in the hot water, then add rice vinegar.
    • Add carrot and celery, then let stand for at least 1 hour. 
    • Drain and reserve for sandwich build.
    Massaging with salt and sugar, before adding the liquid, helps quicken the pickling process.

  2. Pork Pate

    • Combine all ingredients in a food processor and blend until well combined.

  3. Lobster Filling

    30 minutes
    • Cook live lobsters in a heavily salted pot of water. Approx. 11 minutes per 1lb. Of lobster.
    • Remove and submerge in to an icebath.
    • In a bowl, whisk together Hellmann's Real Mayonnaise, Tamari, Sesame Oil, and lemon juice and zest.
    • Remove meat from shells, let cool, and roughly chop meat.
    • Gently fold lobster meat into Mayonnaise mixture. Cover and Refrigerate until ready to use.

  4. Garnish

    2 minutes
    • Combine all herbs.

  5. Toasted Buns

    5 minutes
    • Spread equal amounts of Hellmann's Real Mayonnaise on the outside of each bun.
    • On a flat top, or in a pan, toast both sides of each bun until golden brown.

  6. Assembly

    10 minutes
    • Spread pork pate on one side of the inside of the toasted buns.
    • Fill each bun with lobster filling.
    • Top each bun with pickled vegetables.
    • Top each bun with garnish.
Created by
Kyla Touri

Kyla Touri

 Corporate Chef