Pan con lechon, Cuban roast pork sandwich

Name: Pan con lechon, Cuban roast pork sandwich
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: Cuban
Ingredients: 500g roast pork, pulled or thinly sliced, leftover lechon works well; 2 onions, thinly sliced; 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 3 tbsp olive oil; 3 tbsp lime juice; 1 tsp dried oregano; 4 crusty bread rolls, or 1 baguette cut in 4; 0.25 tsp salt

Juicy roast pork piled into crusty bread with soft garlicky onions. A street food classic.

Time20 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £1.91 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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500 groast porkpulled or thinly sliced, leftover lechon works well
2onionsthinly sliced
4garlic clovesfinely chopped
3 tbspolive oil
3 tbsplime juice
1 tspdried oregano
4crusty bread rollsor 1 baguette cut in 4
¼ tspsalt

Method

1
Heat 2 tbsp of the oil in a frying pan. Cook the onions for 10 minutes until soft and golden. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
11 min
2
Stir in the lime juice, oregano and salt. Remove from the heat.
3
Warm the pork in a pan with the rest of the oil for 4 minutes, until hot.
4 min
4
Split the rolls and toast the cut sides in a dry pan for 1 minute.
5
Pile the pork on the rolls, top with the onions and their juices, and close. Serve at once.

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