Christine Warta is living a dream 25 years in the making. At the age of 14, the Clintonville, Wis., native began submitting recipes every year to the Pillsbury Bake-Off. Now living in Belleville, Ill., Warta is counting on votes to make her dream come true – taking her recipe for Banh Mi Chicken Sliders all the way to the finals and a chance to win $1 million.
The home cook was inspired by the traditional Vietnamese banh mi sandwich and a slider plate she saw at Triumph Grill in Grand Center. “I said, ‘Wow, I wonder if I can make a small banh mi to enter as an appetizer and call it a slider,'” Warta said.
To view Warta’s recipe, click here. Voting ends June 11.
– Katie Moritz
Photo courtesy of pillsbury.com
This article appears in Jun 1-30, 2009.