Pork Saltado Sandwich
Pork Saltado Sandwich
Typically when you hear saltado in Peruvian cuisine, you think of the stir fried beef and french fry dish, lomo saltado. This version uses stir fried pork with tomatoes and onion without the fries on top of a ciabatta roll; hence the birth of the pork saltado sandwich.
Ingredients
Pork Saltado
- 1 lb boneless pork loin or tenderloin cut into thin strips
- salt and pepper to taste
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tsp ginger grated
- 1/4 cup aji amarillo paste
- 1/2 medium red onion sliced into big chunks
- 1 cup grape tomatoes
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 4 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp cilantro chopped
Sandwich
- 4 ciabatta rolls
- cilantro sprigs
Instructions
- Season the pork with salt, pepper, garlic, ginger, and aji amarillo paste.
- Heat up cooking oil in a sauté pan over high heat. Sauté the pork for 5 minutes.
- Add in the onions and tomatoes. Sauté for 1 minute.
- Add the soy sauce and white wine vinegar to the pan. Give it a stir.
- Turn off the heat and stir in the cilantro.
Sandwich Assembly
- Slice a bread roll in half. Scoop a heaping amount of the pork saltado on the roll. Top with sprigs of cilantro.
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