Salmon Banh Mi Baguettes
Elevated Dinners, Impressively Easy
- Fish
- Eggs
- Soy
- Wheat
Tonight’s dinner features our spin on a Vietnamese banh mi sandwich with a twist from the sea: salmon! Quick-cooking, flavorful, and dressed with sweet Thai chili sauce, this fish makes a perfect sandwich-stuffer. It’s piled high with a spicy lime-spiked cabbage-cilantro slaw and loaded into toasty baguettes for a sammie experience you won’t forget any time soon. Top with a final squeeze of lime juice, serve crisp cucumber spears and extra slaw on the side, then prepare for total taste bud takeover (in just a quick 15 minutes!).
Ingredients
10 ounce
Skin-on Salmon
(Contains: Fish)
1 ounce
Sweet Thai Chili Sauce
¼ ounce
Cilantro
1 unit
Mini Cucumber
1 unit
Lime
4 ounce
Coleslaw Mix
2 tablespoon
Mayonnaise
(Contains: Eggs)
1 teaspoon
Sriracha
2 unit
Demi-Baguette
(Contains: Soy, Wheat)
Not included in your delivery
1 teaspoon
Cooking Oil
Salt
Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Pat salmon* dry and season all over with salt and pepper. • Drizzle oil in a hot large pan. Add salmon to pan, skin sides down. Cook until skin is crisp and fish is almost cooked through, 5-7 minutes. Flip and cook until cooked through, 1-2 minutes more. TIP: While the salmon cooks, move on to the rest of the recipe. • Once cooked, remove skin and discard; transfer salmon to a medium bowl. Using a fork, break salmon into pieces. Stir in chili sauce.
• Wash and dry produce. Roughly chop cilantro. Quarter lime. Trim and quarter cucumber lengthwise into spears.
• In a second medium bowl, toss together coleslaw mix, cilantro, mayonnaise, Sriracha, a squeeze of lime (big squeeze for 4), salt, and pepper. TIP: For a brighter flavor, add more lime.
• Halve and toast baguettes until golden; fill with salmon and as much spicy slaw as you like. • Serve with cucumber spears and any remaining spicy slaw on the side.
Salmon is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 145°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the delicious blend of sweet chili sauce, spicy slaw, and tender salmon, though some found it a bit bland.
- Ease of prep: Customers raved about how quick, simple, and easy this meal was to prepare — often ready in just 15 minutes.
- Suggestions: Consider adding pickled veggies or jalapeños for extra zing; some preferred the salmon whole rather than flaked.
- Portions: Several felt the portion was small for a premium meal; adding a more substantial side dish would improve satisfaction.
- Bread: Some found the baguettes too thick or hard; a softer roll might better complement the fillings.
Reviews from our home cooks
This was so incredibly delicious and easy to cook. Love salmon, so I was going to try it anyway but the flavors worked well together, it was super easy to make - I did bake the salmon instead of pan sear but didn't change its flavor. Will definitely get again.
So fast and easy. The salmon was very tasty, though I put it in my air fryer and it came out perfect. The slaw was almost over powering with the Sriracha and I only put bit in. It was overall fast and easy and delicious.
Easy and so tasty. Sweet Thai chili sauce is a nice addition. Toasted baguettes are crunchy, yet soft inside. Sriracha spiced slaw is crisp with a slight bite. Hubby liked these a lot.
Very quick and simple to make, and very tasty! I think if you are a big fan of salmon, you may be disappointed by how much the flavor of salmon is covered up by the ingredients, but if you're like me and you're trying to find a way to stomach salmon because your partner really likes it and you really don't, this might be the way to go.
Can be eaten separately too yummy salmon with coleslaw and the bread on the side sloppy when you make the ban mi hard to hold all goodies inside the bread. Wants to fall into the plate.
The baguettes were just the right size and fluffy when toasted. The recipe called for the Salmon to be broken either a fork but I wouldn't do that next time. Salmon was fresh and delish
Wonderful taste, but soooo messy! I ended up cutting the baguettes open, slopping the fish and slaw on each side, and cutting that into pieces.
Not something I would normally eat, but I really enjoyed it. I'm not much of a spice person, so i did about 1/3 of the sweet chili sauce that went with the salmon and about half the sriracha, which was probably too much but in the end my mouth had a pleasant tingle and I enjoyed the flavor of the dish. I also really liked the contrast of the spicy sandwich and the cooling cucumber.
Very attractive and healthy lighter kind of dish. Quick to prepare. I did wish for a little bit more flavor with the salmon, but the coleslaw was delicious, and everyone liked the meal.
I would have never thought to use salmon this way! It was so quick and yummy! I added some pickles for a little more acid but it was perfect otherwise
