BBQ Bacon & Egg Banh Mi

The banh mi is one of the most structurally perfect sandwiches in existence — a baguette-style roll with a thin, shatteringly crisp crust and pillowy interior, built to hold bold flavours without collapsing. Glazing the bacon with Gold Gourmet Hickory Smoked BBQ Sauce and finishing with Ranch Dressing turns a great format into an exceptional breakfast.

Ingredients (Serves 2)

•       4 rashers thick-cut bacon

•       Gold Gourmet Hickory Smoked BBQ Sauce — for glazing

•       2 eggs, fried

•       2 banh mi rolls (Vietnamese-style baguette rolls)

•       Rocket leaves

•       Sliced gouda cheese

•       Fresh chives, roughly chopped

•       Gold Gourmet Ranch Dressing

Method

1.    Heat a pan over medium-high. Cook bacon until it starts to crisp. In the final minute, brush each rasher with Hickory Smoked BBQ Sauce and allow it to caramelise on both sides. The glaze should be sticky, not wet.

2.    In the same pan, fry eggs until whites are set and yolks remain runny.

3.    Toast banh mi rolls cut-side down in a dry pan or under the grill.

4.    Build the sandwich: rocket first, then gouda, BBQ glazed bacon, fried egg and chives.

5.    Drizzle Ranch Dressing lengthways down the sandwich before closing.

Why This Sandwich Works

Hickory smoke and pork fat is a combination with deep culinary instincts behind it. Gold Gourmet Hickory Smoked BBQ Sauce carries genuine smokiness without being overly sweet, which means it glazes rather than drowns the bacon. The Ranch Dressing closes the loop — creamy, cooling and adding the acidity that the egg and cheese need.

Find Gold Gourmet Hickory Smoked BBQ Sauce and Ranch Dressing at a stockist near you: goldgourmetfoods.com.au/stockists

Available at independent supermarkets across Australia.