BBQ Pulled Pork Cubans Recipe

Swiss cheese

🥗Healthier: low-fat cheese

💰Cheaper: provolone

Provolone is often less expensive and melts well.

Cuban bread

🥗Healthier: whole wheat bread

💰Cheaper: white sandwich bread

White sandwich bread is commonly available and cheaper.

BBQ sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade BBQ sauce

💰Cheaper: ketchup + vinegar

Ketchup and vinegar can mimic BBQ sauce at a lower cost.

pork shoulder

🥗Healthier: pork loin

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Chicken thighs are a more affordable protein option.

Welcome to the video and introduce the BBQ pulled pork Cuban sandwiches.

Use pulled pork from a smoked pork butt.

Mention using pecan wood for flavor.

Cut Cuban bread in half.

Spread mayonnaise on both sides of the bread.

Spread honey mustard on one side of the bread.

Add pickles to the sandwich.

Layer thinly shaved sweet ham on the sandwich.

Add pulled pork to the sandwich.

Place slices of Swiss cheese on top of the pulled pork.

Add barbecue sauce to the sandwich, using a sweet sauce called Dimples barbecue sauce.

Heat a cast iron skillet with a little olive oil.

Use a bacon press to heat up in the skillet.

Place the sandwich in the skillet and press down with the bacon press.

Cook for about a minute or so until crisp, then flip the sandwich over.

Cook the other side for about a minute and a half to two minutes until both sides are crisp.

Cut the sandwich in half and serve.

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