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Pan Con Lechón (Cuban Roast Pork Sandwich)
The Pan Con Lechón is a Cuban roast pork sandwich featuring slices of cooked roast pork layered onto buttered Cuban bread. It is traditionally served with thinly sliced onions and mojo sauce, a citrus-garlic marinade made by blending garlic, salt, black peppercorns, oregano, and sour orange juice or a citrus substitute. The pork is pan-fried until heated through and slightly crisped.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings:
4
servings
Course:
Breakfast, Brunch
Cuisine:
Cuban
Ingredients
For the sandwich:
- 2 loaves Cuban bread (or French/Italian bread)
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1 pound pork leftover, cooked roast
- 1 onion thinly sliced
- 4 tablespoons mojo sauce
For the mojo sauce:
- 1 cup orange juice sour
- 1 head garlic peeled, cloves
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 12 black peppercorns
- oregano
Instructions
How to Make Mojo sauce:
- Take the garlic, salt pepper and oregano and crush them to a paste using a mortar and pestle (or a food processor). Pour some of the sour orange juice little by little to loosen the paste. A good substitute for sour orange juice is a mix of orange juice (2 parts) and 1 part lemon juice and one part lime juice.
- If working with a mortar and pestle, you'll need to work in batches, so scoop out the paste and continue with the rest of the garlic cloves and spices until finished.
- Once all the ingredients have been mixed, let it sit at room temperature for at least 30 minutes.
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How to Make the Sandwich:
- Coat a frying pan in some cooking oil and place over medium heat. Get your pork meat slices and place them in the pan. Leave them for a couple of minutes on each side, or if you like them crispier, fry for longer according to your taste.
- Slice the bread loaves in half and butter each side. Shred the pork pieces and add the meat in an even layer on the bottom half of the bread. Layer a generous amount of thinly sliced onion on top and add a few dollops of delicious mojo sauce.
- Slice the sandwich in half diagonally and serve. If you'd like it ward, finish the sandwich using a sandwich press, though typically this sandwich is served at room temperature and is not pressed.