Chicken & Green Mango Sandwiches

1 chicken breast

4 slices sourdough bread

1 sour green mango, cold

1 large carrot

½ tsp Nam Pla (fish sauce)

2 tsp rice wine vinegar

Juice of 1 lime

1 tbsp mayonnaise

1 tbsp oil

This has a deliciously sharp taste. He is unlikely to be able to put his finger on it however.

Poach the chicken breast. Simply add to a pan of boiling water and then turn the heat off, allowing it to cook in the cooling water.

Peel the mango, slice thinly and then cut each slice into matchsticks. Shred the carrot.  The mango should be pale and hard. Mix in a bowl with the nam pla, lime juice and vinegar. Add more lime juice if it doesn’t taste bright enough.

Heat the oil in a frying pan and quickly heat the chicken.  Slice it thickly and place on 2 slices of bread, spread with mayo. Top with the sour green mango dressing and the other slices of bread.

He liked Vietnamese Banh Mi. This isn’t that but it does seem to nod towards it. Put it in his backpack before he goes out. It’s guaranteed he will mention it will when he comes home.