Cubano Pork Burgers and Sweet Orange Warm Slaw
- 1 3/4 pounds ground pork
- 4 garlic cloves, chopped
- Zest and juice of 2 navel oranges
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin (a palmful)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons coriander (half a palmful)
- 3 tablespoons yellow mustard, such as Frenchs brand
- Several drops of hot sauce, such as Tabasco
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 12 pickle slices, dill, garlic, or sour
- 4 deli slices baked or boiled ham
- 4 deli slices Swiss cheese
- 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon honey (a good drizzle)
- 1 16-ounce sack of coleslaw mix (found on the produce aisle)
- 1 small red bell pepper, seeded and thinly sliced
- A handful of fresh cilantro leaves, chopped
- A handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped
- 4 Portuguese rolls, split
- In a bowl combine the ground pork, half of the chopped garlic, half of the orange zest, the cumin, coriander, mustard, hot sauce, salt, and pepper.
- Score the meat into 4 sections and then form 4 large patties about 1 inch thick.
- Preheat a medium skillet with 2 tablespoons of the vegetable oil (twice around the pan), over medium-high heat.
- Add the patties to the hot skillet and cook on the first side for 6 minutes.
- Flip and top each patty with three pickles, a slice of ham, and a slice of Swiss.
- Cook the patties for another 5 to 6 minutes.
- Place a foil tent over the pan for the last 2 minutes or so to ensure that the cheese melts and the fixings heat up.
- While the patties are cooking, make the sweet orange warm slaw.
- Preheat a large skillet with the remaining veg oil.
- Add the remaining garlic and the sliced onion to the hot oil and cook for 1 minute.
- Add the remaining orange zest, the orange juice, red wine vinegar, and honey.
- Continue cooking the dressing for 1 minute.
- Turn the heat off and add the coleslaw mix, red bell pepper, cilantro, parsley, and salt and pepper, tossing to coat in the warm dressing.
- Serve your Cubano burgers on Portuguese rolls with the sweet orange warm slaw both on top of the burger and alongside.
ground pork, garlic, oranges, ground cumin, coriander, yellow mustard, hot sauce, salt, vegetable oil, pickle, deli, deli, red onion, red wine vinegar, honey, red bell pepper, handful of fresh cilantro leaves, handful of fresh flatleaf parsley leaves, rolls
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/cubano-pork-burgers-and-sweet-orange-warm-slaw-374740 (may not work)