Hoi An-style Oven-crisped Pork Sandwich (Banh Mi Thit Hoi An)

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon Chinese five spice (or 1/4 teaspoon each ground cinnamon, ground cloves, ground ginger, and anise seeds)
• 2 cups thinly sliced English cucumbers (about 8 oz.)
• 1 tablespoon salad oil
• ½ cup fresh Thai or regular basil leaves, rinsed and cut into 1-inch pieces
• ½ cup Fried Shallots
• About 2 tablespoons Asian red chili paste or sauce
• 8 ounces thinly sliced roast boned, fat-trimmed pork loin or cooked ham or chicken (see notes)
• + 8 more ingredients
• • 3 cups salad mix (4 oz.), rinsed and crisped
  • Salt
  • ¼ cup chopped shallots
  • 1 clove garlic, peeled and minced
  • 12 ounces ground lean pork
  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 ½ teaspoons sugar
  • 3 baguettes (8 oz. each; see notes)

1. In an 8- to 10-inch frying pan over medium-high heat, stir five spice until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in oil, shallots, and garlic. Add ground pork and stir often, breaking apart with spoon, until meat is crumbly and no longer pink, about 15 minutes. Add soy sauce, sugar, and salt to ta...

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