Best Jeans Cuban Sandwich Recipes

CHEF JOHN'S CUBAN SANDWICH

Chef John's Cuban Sandwich image

Here's how I build a Cuban, or Cubano, sandwich. I like to use pulled pork. Carnitas would work too. These ingredients and amounts are open to your own personal preferences, but here's the general idea.

Provided by Chef John

Categories World Cuisine Recipes Latin American Caribbean

Time 21m

Yield 2

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

¼ cup mayonnaise
¼ cup mustard
1 pinch cayenne pepper
1 (8 ounce) loaf Cuban bread
8 slices Swiss cheese
6 thin slices smoked fully-cooked ham
1 ½ cups cooked pulled pork, heated
1 large dill pickle, sliced thinly lengthwise
2 tablespoons butter, or as needed

Steps:

Mix mayonnaise, mustard, and cayenne together in a bowl to make the sauce.
Trim off ends of bread. Cut loaf in half and evenly split bread to make tops and bottoms of 2 sandwiches. Spread each half on both sides generously with the mayo/mustard sauce.
Divide sandwich ingredients between the two bottom halves in this order: 2 slices Swiss cheese, 3 slices ham, hot cooked pork, pickle slices, and 2 more slices of Swiss cheese. Place tops on sandwiches.
Melt butter in a heavy skillet over medium heat. Place sandwiches in skillet and press down with a heavy weight (such as another skillet or foil-wrapped bricks). Toast sandwiches until bread is crisp and filling is heated through, 3 or 4 minutes per side.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1473.1 calories, Carbohydrate 85.4 g, Cholesterol 287.1 mg, Fat 85.2 g, Fiber 5.3 g, Protein 88.2 g, SaturatedFat 37.3 g, Sodium 4076.6 mg, Sugar 4.2 g

ORIGINAL CUBAN SANDWICH

Original Cuban Sandwich image

Provided by Food Network

Categories main-dish

Time 23m

Yield 1 serving

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

1 loaf Cuban bread
1-ounce regular mustard
4 dill pickles
5 slices boiled ham or Virginia ham
2 slices roast pork
1 slice imported Swiss cheese
1-ounce butter

Steps:

Cut Cuban bread to desired size, common size is 7 inches. Next, slice open the bread down the middle. On the topside of the bread spread 1-ounce of mustard, evenly across. Then place 4 pickles on top of the mustard. You then place 1 slice of Swiss cheese on top of the pickles. Slice ham to desired thickness, recommended size is 1 1/2 ounces per slice, the thinner the better. Now fold each slice of ham in half and place evenly on bottom of bread. On top of the ham, place slices of roast pork, 1 1/2 ounces per slice. You then join both halves of the sandwich. You are now ready to grill your Cuban sandwich.
Use a sandwich grill if you have one, a waffle iron if not. Spread butter on top of the bread evenly. Close the grill, smashing the sandwich. Leave sandwich in the grill until top of bread turns to a golden brown, and top is crisp. Approximate time is 4 to 6 minutes. After the sandwich is crispy and the cheese has melted, remove the sandwich carefully and slice it diagonally, from corner to corner. DO NOT USE A MICROWAVE OVEN!

JEAN'S CUBAN SANDWICH

Jean's cuban sandwich image

Modified Cuban sandwich, with lamb, Mojo sauce, tomatoes, avocados.

Provided by Jean Ray

Categories Sandwiches

Time 20m

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

2 cuban rolls (bolillo or baguettes)
4 slice deli ham
2 tsp mustard
1 c shredded lamb (marinated in mojo sauce)
mojo sauce
1 avocado, sliced
1 tomato, sliced
3 slice deli swiss cheese
6 slice dill pickle (sandwich sliced
olive oil
t Tbsp mayonnaise

Steps:

1. Preheat panini maker, griddle, or cast iron skillet.
2. Cut Cuban rolls in half horizontally. Spread mustard on bottom and mayonnaise on the top.
3. Layer ham, shredded lamb, some extra Mojo sauce for moisture, avocado, tomato slices, Swiss cheese (in halves so it fits), and pickle slices. Put top on. Brush top with olive oil.
4. Grill and squash the sandwich. I used a griddle and then put a pre-heated skillet on top and pressed it down until the bread was brown and crispy.
5. Cut in half to serve.