Porchetta Banh Mi with Fish Sauce Caramel - Andrew Zimmern

Ingredients

• About 1 pound porchetta, thinly sliced
• 3 carrots, shredded
• 1 jalapeno, thinly sliced into rings
• 1/2 cup white vinegar
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 small daikon radish, cut into 2-inch matchsticks
• 1 cucumber, sliced
• Cilantro
• 1 baguette, cut into thirds
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 4 large shallots, very thinly sliced (about 2 cups)
• 1 dried hot red chile
• 3 star anise pods
• One 2-inch cinnamon stick
• 2 teaspoons fresh ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup Asian fish sauce