Lemongrass beef banh mi | Women's Weekly Food

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup (75g) whole-egg mayonnaise
• 3 tsp sriracha or other chilli sauce (optional)
• 2 short baguettes, ends trimmed, halved crossways
• 2 baby cucumbers (qukes), cut into batons
• 1 carrot, julienned
• 1 green onion, cut into 5cm lengths
• 8 large fresh coriander sprigs
• Lemongrass beef
• 300 grams beef porterhouse or rump steak, fat trimmed, sliced thinly on the diagonal
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 1 stalk fresh lemongrass, white part only, chopped finely
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 red shallot, halved, sliced thinly
• 2 teaspoons white sugar