Recipe Box: Gluten-Free Banh Mi
Banh mi simply means bread, and you can usually find these Vietnamese sandwiches in the form of a baguette stuffed with all kinds of deliciousness. At some places, like the Tin Drum chain of restaurants and some food trucks, the banh mi is referred to as a "Vietnamese taco" and is served on flatbread. While baguettes are possible to make gluten-free, flatbread is quick, easy, and delicious. In fact, when I set out to search for a flatbread recipe, I had no idea that I already had one. Many recipes for gluten-free wraps or pitas online use a ridiculous amount of xanthan or guar gum to create the chewy flexibility. For some folks, that's fine. For my partner and I, xanthan gum really messes up our digestive system and we feel really ill for a few days if we have too much. So the recipe from Gluten Free on a Shoestring caught my eye for being gum free. Then I noticed that her recipe was pretty much traditional Pão de Queijo (Brazilian tapioca b...