Vietnamese Sandwiches with Five-Spice Chicken Recipe | Epicurious

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup distilled white vinegar
• 1/4 teaspoon (rounded) salt
• 3 cups matchstick-size pieces daikon (Japanese white radish)*
• 3 cups matchstick-size pieces peeled carrots
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 6 garlic cloves, minced
• 4 shallots, chopped
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce (nam pla or nuoc nam)*
• 2 tablespoons oyster sauce*
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 teaspoons five-spice powder*
• 2 whole star anise,** ground in spice mill
• 6 large skinless boneless chicken thighs
• Vegetable oil
• 6 6-inch-long pieces baguette, split lengthwise, some of soft centers removed
• Mayonnaise
• 1 English hothouse cucumber, cut into 6-inch-long 1/4-inch-thick slices
• 1/2 red onion, halved through stem, thinly sliced crosswise, rinsed, drained well
• 12 fresh cilantro sprigs
• 2 jalapeño chiles, thinly sliced crosswise
• Additional soy sauce