# El Gran Chivito

El Gran Chivito is a classic Valencian bocadillo, often called 'completo con todo' in other parts of Spain, that is so big you will need both hands to eat it. This sandwich includes almost everything and has a very interesting history.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 bread bun
- 2 tbsp mayo
- 1 tomato
- 2 romaine lettuce leaves
- 5 pickled chilies (spanish piparras)
- 3 pork tenderloin fillets
- 3 mozzarella slices
- 3 smoked bacon slices
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp water

## Instructions

1. Cut the bread bun in half.
2. Spread mayonnaise on the bread.
3. Add lettuce leaves.
4. Add sliced tomatoes.
5. Add pickled chilies.
6. Cook pork tenderloin fillets in a pan and add mozzarella slices, then cover with a lid to melt the cheese and generate steam.
7. Transfer the cooked pork with melted mozzarella to the sandwich.
8. Cook bacon slices in the same pan.
9. Transfer the cooked bacon to the sandwich.
10. Fry eggs in the same pan used for bacon.
11. Season eggs with salt.
12. Transfer the fried egg to the sandwich.
13. Close the sandwich.
14. Wrap the sandwich in baking paper.
15. Cut the sandwich in half.

## Equipment

- cutting board
- knife
- pan
- plate
- tongs
- spatula
- baking paper

## Tips

- Add mozzarella slices to the pork when flipped, and like 2 tbsp of water to generate steam. Then cover and let it cook for like two minutes. With this not only you will melt the cheese properly, but also will get some tasty juices from deglazing the pan, perfect for your spongy bread to soak it.
- For this bocadillo, cook the bacon the spanish way: high temperature from the very beginning and like 4 minutes each side. Normally, in the US and many other parts of the world, bacon is cooked slow to make it crispy, but spanish bocaterias had no time neither patience for that. And it just works better if it's not so crispy (therefore dry).
- After the bacon, use the same pan and oil to fry the egg for a meaty-smoky-delicious flavor on it.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6rCRaTojma/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/5149ac47-0808-4274-8dac-dee501f43190
- Extracted: 2025-07-28

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