Cuban Sandwich

 

This sandwich requires a bit of planning. Before you can make this delicious sandwich, you need to make this Cuban Mojo Marinated Pork. To make the pork it needs to marinate overnight before you can cook it. So if you want to make this sandwich, which you should cause it's delicious, you need to start at least 1 day before you want to enjoy the sandwich. I stated two days before, got the pork marinading on day 1, then cooked it on day 2, then made the sandwich on day 3. But it was well worth the extra planning.

This sandwich is a lot easier to make with panini press, or sandwich maker or even an indoor grill that has a top and bottom plate. Before my 3 in 1 waffle maker, sandwich maker and grill broke I used that to make this sandwich. Now I use another skillet on to with usually a heavy pot inside of that. Basically you want to apply pressure on top to flatten the sandwich.

Cuban Sandwich

Ingredients:

• 6- 6 inch soft baguettes
• yellow mustard, to taste
• 6 ounces ham, cooked
• 3/4 pound sliced Cuban Mojo Marinated Pork
• 8 ounces sliced Swiss cheese
• sandwich sliced dill pickles

Cooking Directions:

1. Cut the baguettes in half lengthwise and toast the cut side in a dry skillet until starting to get toasted and golden brown.
2. Spread all the toasted sides with yellow mustard.
3. On the bottom half of the baguettes layer the pork, ham, Swiss cheese and pickles. Top with top half of baguette.
4. Cook the sandwiches in either a dry skillet with another skillet on top to press the sandwiches down or use a sandwich maker or even an indoor grill that has a top and bottom grill plate.
5. Cook until sandwich is warmed through and cheese is melted, about 3 minutes. If you are cooking in a skillet you will need to flip the sandwiches, cooking for 2-3 minutes on each side.

Enjoy!!!

Notes:

The original recipe calls for boiled ham that is cooked in a skillet until brown spots appear on each side. I had some leftover over ham from the holidays so I just used that.

The original recipe all called for buttering the baguettes before toasting, I choose not to do that and toasted them dry.

Nutrition Facts
Servings 6
Amount Per Serving
Calories 477
Total Fat		19.5g
Saturated Fat		9g
Polyunsaturated Fat		1.1g
Monounsaturated Fat		4.4g
Trans Fat		0g
Cholesterol		82.4g
Sodium		1,358.5g
Potassium		309.2g
Total Carbohydrates		40.9g
Dietary Fiber		5.1g
Sugars		4.4g
Protein		33.8g
Vitamin A 7% Vitamin C 4.3%
Calcium 33% Iron 6.7%
*Nutritional information will vary depending on the brands you use.

*Adapted from: The Food Charlatan.