Cuban sandwich. To prepare Cuban sandwiches, split bread in half then layer the sandwich with mustard, cheese, pickles, ham, pork then cheese again (the cheese glues everything together). A Cuban sandwich, known as a Cubano, is a grilled ham-and-cheese sandwich variation that was created in Florida—Key West and Tampa—by Cuban immigrants who needed a filling and easy-to-carry lunch. Two versions of the sandwich exist: Salami is added in Tampa, whereas the Key West version keeps it to just pork and ham only.
Our Cuban sandwich is of the South Floridian variety, without salami.
But we don't need it in this case: along with layers of ham, Swiss, pickles, and mustard, there's also the super juicy.
Melt butter in a heavy skillet over medium heat.
You can cook Cuban sandwich using 21 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Cuban sandwich
- It's of bread.
- Prepare 1 slice of twelve inches of Cuban bread.
- It's 1 tbsp of butter.
- You need of meat.
- It's 4 slice of roast pork Spainish style thinly sliced.
- It's 4 slice of ham luncheon meat.
- Prepare 4 slice of genoa salami luncheon meat.
- Prepare of cheese.
- Prepare 4 slice of swiss cheese.
- Prepare of spread.
- You need 1 tbsp of mayonnaise.
- You need 1/2 tsp of yellow prepared mustard.
- It's of vegetables.
- Prepare 1 cup of shredded lettuce, iceburg.
- It's 1/2 large of vine ripe tomato.
- Prepare 8 slice of dill pickles.
- You need of oil and vinegar.
- It's 1 tsp of olive oil, extra virgin.
- It's 1 tsp of red wine vinegar.
- Prepare of spices.
- Prepare of salt and pepper.
Place sandwiches in skillet and press down with a heavy weight (such as another skillet or foil-wrapped bricks). A Cuban sandwich(Spanish: Sándwich cubano) is a variation of a ham and cheese sandwichthat likely originated in cafes catering to Cuban workers in Tampaor Key West,two early Cuban immigrant communities in Floridacentered around the cigar industry. Place a heavy iron skillet on top of the sandwich to flatten it (you want to smash the sandwich, compressing the bread to about a third of its original size). Repeat the process for each sandwich.
Cuban sandwich instructions
- Mix the oil and vinegar.
- Mix the mayonnaise and mustard.
- Slice bread longways add the sread to the bread add the meat and cheese add lettuce.
- Add butter to outside of bread heat a griddle add pressure to the sandwich and press down turn do again till heated through and thinly pressed I had to cut in half to do properly.
- add pickles and slice tomatoes add them to the sandwichadd salt and pepper oil and vinegar.
- This is normally where you cut on a diagonal.
- Hope you enjoy.
Slice each sandwich in half diagonally and serve. The delicious Easy Cuban Sandwich is layered with two kinds of pork, loads of melted swiss cheese, pickles, and mustard. Toasted in butter and pressed to perfection, this is one ultimate sandwich for pork lovers. If you love pork then be sure to try this Skillet Pork Cacciatore or this Slow Cooker Mississippi Pork Roast next. This Cuban sandwich is piled high with ham, roast pork loin, Swiss cheese, and dill pickles, then toasted to warm and crunchy perfection.
