Come home to these slow-cooked sandwiches made with pork that’s spread with cilantro-lime mayonnaise - perfect for Caribbean-style dinner.
Cuban Sandwiches with Cilantro-Lime Mayonnaise
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 8 hr 25 min
- Ingredients 14
- Servings 12
Ingredients
Sandwiches
- 2 large sweet onions, thinly sliced
- 2 teaspoons dried minced garlic
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
- 1 can (10 oz) frozen margarita mix, thawed
- 1 boneless pork butt or shoulder blade roast (3 1/2 to 4 lb)
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 2 loaves ciabatta bread (12 oz each)
- 6 to 8 large leaves leaf lettuce
Cilantro-Lime Mayonnaise
- 1 cup light mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
Instructions
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Step1Spray 4- to 5-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Place onions in slow cooker. In small bowl, mix dried minced garlic, cumin, salt, pepper and 1 tablespoon of the margarita mix to form paste. Pat mixture on top and sides of roast (if roast comes tied or in netting, remove before rubbing with spice mixture). Place roast on onions. Pour remaining margarita mix around roast.
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Step2Cover; cook on Low heat setting 8 to 10 hours or until meat is tender.
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Step3Remove pork; when cool enough to handle, shred with 2 forks. Return meat to slow cooker; stir in 1/4 cup cilantro.
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Step4In small bowl, mix Cilantro-Lime Mayonnaise ingredients. Slice each loaf of ciabatta bread in half horizontally. With slotted spoon, spoon pork mixture onto bottom halves of bread. Top each with 3 to 4 lettuce leaves. Spread about 1/2 cup Cilantro-Lime Mayonnaise on top halves of bread; place over lettuce. Cut into slices. Discard liquid in slow cooker.
Nutrition
590
Calories
27g
Total Fat
38g
Protein
48g
Total Carbohydrate
12g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 590
- Calories from Fat
- 240
- Total Fat
- 27g
- 41%
- Saturated Fat
- 8g
- 40%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 105mg
- 35%
- Sodium
- 730mg
- 30%
- Potassium
- 580mg
- 17%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 48g
- 16%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 9%
- Sugars
- 12g
- Protein
- 38g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 25%
- 25%
- Vitamin C
- 8%
- 8%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 20%
- 20%
Exchanges:
2 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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