Food Recipes Slow-Cooker Cuban Pork Sandwiches 3.6 (177) Add your rating & review This decadent slow-cooker recipe involves citrusy pork, salty ham, melted cheese, tangy pickles, and mustard. By Erin Merhar Erin Merhar Erin Merhar is a chef, food stylist and recipe developer with over a decade of experience in the culinary field. Highlights: * Director of food styling at Southern Living * Portfolio manager and food stylist at Time Inc, where she collaborated with food editors at Real Simple, Coastal Living, Southern Living, and Cooking Light. * Work has appeared in Real Simple, Southern Living, and Cooking Light, among other publications Real Simple's Editorial Guidelines Updated on August 17, 2022 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Greg DuPree Hands On Time: 30 mins Total Time: 8 hrs 30 mins Yield: 4 Jump to Nutrition Facts How's this for easy? Just rub a big boneless pork shoulder roast with garlic and salt, and put it into the slow cooker with orange zest, orange juice, and stock. Then it's hands off for about 7 hours. Right before serving, the entire sandwich is put underneath the broiler to melt the cheese and warm the bread. Ingredients 2 pounds boneless pork shoulder roast (Boston butt), trimmed of excess fat 6 garlic cloves, finely chopped 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1 cup chicken stock 1 teaspoon orange zest plus 1 tsp. fresh orange juice 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice (from 2 limes) 6 6-in. sub rolls ⅓ cup Dijon mustard 3 ounces thinly sliced deli ham 3 ounces thinly sliced Swiss cheese 1 whole dill pickle, thinly sliced crosswise Directions Rub the pork with the garlic and salt and place in a 5- to 6-quart slow cooker. Add the chicken stock, orange zest, and orange juice. Cover and cook on low until the pork is very tender, 7 to 8 hours. Pull pork into 1- to 2-inch pieces; toss with the lime juice. Return to slow cooker and keep warm. Preheat broiler with the oven rack 6 inches from heat. Split the rolls length-wise. Spread the mustard on the bottom halves and top evenly with the pork, ham, and Swiss cheese. Broil just until the cheese is melted, 1 to 2 minutes. Top with the pickles and sandwich with the tops of the rolls. Rate it Print Nutrition Facts (per serving) 559 Calories 19g Fat 51g Carbs 44g Protein Show Full Nutrition Label Hide Full Nutrition Label Nutrition Facts Calories 559 % Daily Value * Total Fat 19g 25% Saturated Fat 7g 35% Cholesterol 118mg 39% Sodium 1521mg 66% Total Carbohydrate 51g 18% Total Sugars 8g Protein 44g Calcium 253mg 19% Iron 4mg 23% *The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.