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Plantain Cubano Sandwich Recipe

1 Servings
8 Ingredients
A pressed Cuban sandwich on a wooden board with chips and pickles

Ingredients

  • 2 ea. Smashed Plantains, Fried
  • 1/2 oz. Yellow Mustard, Prepared
  • 3 oz. ibp Trusted Excellence® Supreme Trim® Boneless Pork Butt (Sub-Recipe)
  • 4 ea. Hillshire Farm® Sliced Smoked Ham, WA
  • 1 ea. Swiss Cheese, Sliced
  • 3 ea. Dill Pickles, Sliced
Layers of smoky ibp Trusted Excellence® Supreme Trim® Boneless Pork Butt and Hillshire Farm® Sliced Smoked Ham are stacked between crispy fried smashed plantains. A swipe of yellow mustard, creamy Swiss cheese, and crunchy dill pickles bring balance and brightness to every bite.

Directions

  1. Place one fried smashed plantain onto a clean work surface.
  2. Top fried smashed plantain with mustard.
  3. Place the ibp Trusted Excellence® Supreme Trim® Boneless Pork Butt on top of the mustard.
  4. Place the Hillshire Farm® Smoked Ham slices on top of the pork.
  5. Place Swiss cheese on top of the ham slices.
  6. Top with pickles and place the remaining fried smashed plantain on top to close.
  7. Serve as warm.

Boneless Pork Butt

Ingredients

  • 1 ea. ibp Trusted Excellence® Supreme Trim® Boneless Pork Butt
  • 1 cu. All Purpose BBQ Dry Rub, prepared

Directions

  1. Rub dry rub all over the outside of pork butt.
  2. Preheat smoker to 275F.
  3. Open smoker and place pork inside. Temperature will drop when you open the smoker and are loading it.
  4. Cook at 275F until internal temperature reaches 145F.
  5. Remove from smoker and allow to rest 30 minutes.
  6. Using tongs, pull the meat. Hold hot for service.