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These healthy banh mi lettuce wraps are the ultimate summer meal

Name: Banh mi lettuce wraps recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 125ml cider vinegar; 2 tsp caster sugar; 2 carrots; 3 large red radishes; 3 baby gem lettuces, leaves separated (see recipe note); 1 cucumber, cut into thin ribbons (we used a vegetable peeler); 75g snow peas, trimmed, thinly sliced lengthways; 1/2 bunch coriander, stems picked; 75g ready-made croutons; 150g mayonnaise; 3 red bird’s-eye chillies, thinly sliced; 1 packet roasted crackling roast pork loin (from supermarket delis)

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by Lucy Nunes

Delicious Team

Nov 26, 2025

With virtually no hands-on cooking required, this fun deconstructed bánh mì is for the days when you don’t feel like spending hours in the kitchen. Pick up a piece of roast pork from the supermarket and arrange everything on a large platter so everyone can build their own wrap.

1/2 cup (125ml) apple cider vinegar
2 tsp caster sugar
2 carrots
3 large red radishes
3 baby gem lettuces, leaves separated (see recipe note)
1 cucumber, cut into thin ribbons (we used a vegetable peeler)
75g snow peas, trimmed, thinly sliced lengthways
1/2 bunch coriander, stems picked
75g ready-made croutons
1/2 cup (150g) Kewpie mayonnaise
3 red bird’s-eye chillies, thinly sliced
1 packet roasted crackling roast pork loin (from supermarket delis)

Method

1.

Place vinegar, sugar, 2 tsp fine salt and 1/2 cup (125ml) water in a large bowl. Cut carrot into thin matchsticks and halve and thinly slice radish and toss vegetables to coat in vinegar mixture as you cut them. Set aside for at least 10-15 minutes while assembling the remaining ingredients.
2.

Arrange lettuce, cucumber, snow peas, coriander, croutons, mayonnaise and chilli on a serving platter. Pull the crackling away from the pork and cut crackling into chunks using scissors. Thinly slice the meat and add both meat and crackling and meat to platter. Drain carrot and radish (see recipe notes) and add to platter. Bring to the table for everyone to build their own lettuce cups.

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Recipe Notes

For the lettuce, cut and discard the root, then break off the larger outer leaves to make ‘cups’ for this dish. Reserve the lettuce hearts for another recipe or salad. Stored wrapped in a wet tea towel in a plastic bag in the fridge, the lettuce hearts will keep crisp for up to 5 days.

Reserve the carrot and radish pickling liquid to store any leftover pickled carrot and radish. Store, covered in liquid, in a jar in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.

If you’ve picked up the pork in advance and want to reheat it, pop it on a baking tray loosely covered with foil and heat in a preheated 180°C/160°C fan-forced oven.