Cuban Pulled Pork Sandwiches

 

Easy Cuban Pulled Pork Sandwiches. I love a good Cuban sandwich and the fam is like wow you made these! 

1 cup orange juice

1/2 cup lime juice

12 garlic cloves, minced

2 tablespoons spiced rum, optional

2 tablespoons ground coriander

2 teaspoons salt

2 teaspoons white pepper

2 teaspoons pepper

1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

5 to 6 pounds boneless pork shoulder roast, cut into 4 pieces

1 tablespoon olive oil

SANDWICHES:

2 loaves (1 pound each) French bread

Yellow mustard, optional

16 dill pickle slices

1-1/2 pounds thinly sliced deli ham

1-1/2 pounds Swiss cheese, sliced

In a 6- or 7-qt. slow cooker, combine first 9 ingredients. Add pork; cook, covered, on low until tender, 8-10 hours. Remove roast; shred with 2 forks. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Cook meat in batches until lightly browned and crisp in spots.

Cut each loaf of bread in half lengthwise. If desired, spread mustard over cut sides of bread. Layer bottom halves of bread with pickles, pork, ham and cheese. Replace tops. Cut each loaf into 8 slices.

Recipe and Photo Credit Taste of Home

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Ropa Veija Slow-Cooker

This is a new recipe for us and it was very good. I think I will use a pot roast instead of flank steak (personal choice). the flank steak did come out tender. I served as a side dish frozen sweet plantains and baked then in the oven for 20 minutes. They were so good. Ropa vieja, which is Spanish for "Old Clothes," is a popular dish of the Canary Islands, Cadiz, Greater Miami and the Caribbean, especially Cuba, Panama, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. This recipe came from the Cortese family.

1 lb flank steak

1/4 cup olive oil

1 onion

2 garlic cloves

1 green pepper

1 15oz jar of tomato sauce

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup vino seco (white wine in the latino section of grocery store, white wine will suffice)

1 can pimentos.

Chop onion and green pepper. Add all ingredients to crock pot. Cook on low for 8 hours. Serve with yellow rice and plantains.

Photo Slender Kitchen 

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