Chef John's Cuban Sandwich recipe
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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
Nutrition Info
- 1473.1 caloriescarbohydrate: 85.4 gcholesterol: 287.1 mgfat: 85.2 gfiber: 5.3 gprotein: 88.2 gsaturatedFat: 37.3 gservingSize: -sodium: 4076.6 mgsugar: 4.2 gtransFat: : -unsaturatedFat: : -
Directions Chef John's Cuban Sandwich
Directions
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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.