# Cubanos From Chef

This recipe recreates Cubanos, inspired by the movie Chef, featuring a marinated pork shoulder and the flavors of citrus and garlic.

- Cuisine: Caribbean
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- bone in pork shoulder
- 4 cups orange juice
- 2 cups water
- 0.5 cup rice wine vinegar
- 0.5 cup spiced rum
- 0.5 cup kosher salt
- 0.25 cup brown sugar
- 1 head garlic
- stems oregano
- stems rosemary
- stems thyme
- stems sage
- 3 bay leaves
- 0.5 cup olive oil
- 3 oranges
- 6 limes
- tablespoons oregano
- 0.5 cup cilantro
- 0.25 cup mint leaves
- 1 head garlic
- pinches salt
- freshly ground pepper
- 2 tablespoons freshly ground and toasted cumin
- slices ham
- slices swiss cheese
- yellow mustard
- 3 dill pickles
- butter
- pan cubano

## Instructions

1. Remove the skin and score the fat on a bone-in pork shoulder.
2. Combine orange juice, water, rice wine vinegar, spiced rum, kosher salt, brown sugar, and minced garlic to make the brine.
3. Add oregano, rosemary, thyme, and sage to the brine.
4. Mix all ingredients with a whisk, then add bay leaves.
5. Pour the brine over the pork, ensuring it is fully submerged, and refrigerate for a minimum of 12 hours.
6. To make the mojo marinade, combine olive oil, the juice and zest of oranges, and the zest and juice of limes.
7. Add fresh oregano, cilantro, and mint leaves.
8. Add minced garlic, salt, pepper, and freshly ground cumin.
9. Whisk to combine the mojo marinade.
10. Remove the roast from its brine, pat it dry, and smother it in the mojo marinade.
11. Cover and refrigerate for a minimum of 2 hours.
12. Place the roast on a wire rack on a rimmed baking sheet, baste with the marinade, and roast at 350 degrees for about 2.5 hours, or until it registers 165.
13. Fry up some ham and the slices of roast pork.
14. Melt butter and toast the inside of sandwich.
15. Layer the bottom half of the sandwich with the pork, ham, swiss cheese, and sliced dill pickles.
16. Smear the top of the sandwich with yellow mustard.
17. Spread butter on the top of the sandwich and on your plancha.
18. Place sandwich on plancha and press.
19. Remove from the plancha once browned and crispy and the cheese is melted.
20. Slice on the diagonal, and dig in.

## Equipment

- knife
- cutting board
- bowl
- whisk
- wire rack
- rimmed baking sheet
- plancha

## Tips

- For best results, use real Pan Cubano bread.
- Marinate the pork for a minimum of 12 hours.
- After marinating in the mojo marinade, refrigerate again for a minimum of 2 hours.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXYoduN0kWs
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/ce686858-4966-46b8-9fc5-3e84ffbdd5ba
- Extracted: 2025-06-19

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