Sandwich · Roast Pork
Pan con Lechón
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The pork is roasted whole for so many hours in garlicky sour-orange mojo that it's already falling apart before it ever touches the bread.
Shredded, slow-roasted pork marinated for hours in garlic-and-sour-orange mojo, piled onto crusty Cuban bread with little else needed. Roadside carts sell it fresh off whole pigs roasted over charcoal or in a caja china.
Why it's made this way: Roasting a whole pig is a communal, all-day event in Cuba, so pan con lechón became the everyday, portable way to keep working through the leftovers.
Roughly what's in it
495kcal
30gprotein
40gcarbs
24gfat
Estimated per typical street-vendor portion — not lab-tested.
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Part of World of Street Food — 690 dishes from 118 countries.
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