Recipe of Best Swiss Cheese For Cuban Sandwich

Chef John's Cuban Sandwich

Place the pork tenderloin on the prepared baking sheet.

Recipe Summary Chef John's Cuban Sandwich

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.

Ingredients | Best Swiss Cheese For Cuban Sandwich

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

Directions

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.

To make your own bread, check out Chef John's Cuban Bread recipe.

Info | Best Swiss Cheese For Cuban Sandwich

prep: 15 mins cook: 6 mins total: 21 mins Servings: 2 Yield: 2 large sandwiches

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