{"id":70,"date":"2012-02-06T23:25:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T23:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/?p=70"},"modified":"2012-02-06T23:25:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-06T23:25:00","slug":"cuban-pork-sandwiches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/?p=70","title":{"rendered":"Cuban Pork Sandwiches"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I got a hankerin’ for a Cuban Pork Sandwich the other day.\u00a0 If you’ve never had one before, you simply must give them a try – they are totally delicious.\u00a0 Paseo’s<\/a> in Ballard has an awesome Cuban roast sandwich.\u00a0 A little different than a traditional Cuban Pork Sandwich, Paseo’s is spicy, totally messy and on the most wonderful bread imaginable.\u00a0 We were in Florida last summer, and I was so anxious to try a real authentic Cuban sandwich.\u00a0 I must say, I was sorely disappointed.\u00a0 I don’t know if it was that particular restaurant or that area of Florida that we were in, but I never saw it coming…I thought for sure these would be the all time best sandwiches ever.<\/p>\n

So anyways, I had a pork roast in the freezer and thought I’d give it a shot.\u00a0 So glad I did – yum!<\/p>\n

CUBAN PORK SANDWICHES
2-3 pound pork shoulder roast
1 onion, coarsely chopped
3 cloves of garlic, peeled and quartered
5 T. vinegar
2 T. dried oregano
1 tsp. salt
1\/2 tsp. red pepper flakes
6 soft French rolls
1\/2 lb. deli ham lunchmeat
6 slices swiss cheese
mustard
pickle slices<\/p>\n

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Place the onions and garlic into a large stock pot.\u00a0 Put the roast on top of the onions and garlic.\u00a0 Pour the vinegar over the top of the roast, and sprinkle with the oregano, red pepper flakes and salt.\u00a0 Fill the pot halfway with water.\u00a0 Put the lid on the pot and set over medium heat for 20 minutes, then turn down to low and simmer for 1 1\/2 hours.<\/p>\n

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Flip the pork over and simmer for an additional 1-1 1\/2 hours.
Let the pork cool for a bit, then remove from the pot and shred using your hands or forks.\u00a0 Return the shredded pork back to the pot and keep warm.<\/p>\n

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Slice the rolls in half and spread each side with mustard.\u00a0 Arrange the swiss cheese, ham, shredded pork and pickles and top with the other slice of the roll.\u00a0 Grill or cook the sandwich in a press until the cheese is melted and the sandwich is warmed through..<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I got a hankerin’ for a Cuban Pork Sandwich the other day.\u00a0 If you’ve never had one before, you simply must give them a try – they are totally delicious.\u00a0 Paseo’s in Ballard has an awesome Cuban roast sandwich.\u00a0 A little different than a traditional Cuban Pork Sandwich, Paseo’s is spicy, totally messy and on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}