Cuban Pulled Pork Sliders
These Cuban Pulled Pork Sliders are a mini version of Cuban sandwiches that make a perfect appetizer for your next BBQ party.
Equipment
- Smoker
- Apple Wood chips or pellets
Ingredients
- 4-5 pounds pork shoulder
Marinade
- 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1½ cups fresh cilantro
- 1 cup orange juice
- ¾ cup lime juice
- 8 cloves of garlic, chopped
- 2 Tbsp Mexican oregano
- 2 Tbsp ground cumin
- 1 Tbsp kosher salt
- 1 Tbsp black pepper
Sliders
- 2 packages slider buns, like King's Hawaiian
- 12 slices deli ham
- 12 slices Swiss cheese
- 24 pickles slices
- 12 slices mozzarella cheese
- mustard
- ¼ cup butter, melted
- 1-2 Tbsp sesame seeds or poppy seeds
Instructions
- Mix all the marinade ingredients together in a large bowl.
- Reserve 1 cup of the marinade for later.
- Place the pork shoulder in the marinade, coating the entire pork shoulder in marinade.
- Cover and allow to marinade for minimum 2 hours or up to 8 hours in the fridge.
- Remove the pork from the fridge.
- Preheat the smoker to 250℉.
- Add wood chips to the smoker, or pellets, depending on your smoker.
- When the smoker is ready, add the pork shoulder to the smoker.
- Close the lid and allow to smoke/cook until pork reaches an internal temperature of 201-205℉
- Remove from smoker and wrap in foil to rest 1 hour.
- Place pork in a large roasting pan and shred the meat using forks.
- Once shredded, add the reserved marinade to the pork, mixing to combine.
- Slice the slider buns.
- Top the bottom halves of the slider buns with 6 slices of cheese, then 6 slices of ham.
- Top the ham with pulled pork, pickles, and 6 slices of mozzarella cheese.
- Spread mustard on the top buns.
- Place top buns on top of the sliders.
- Brush with melted butter and sprinkle with sesame seeds or poppy seeds.
- Place the sliders on a tray and heat in the smoker or on a BBQ until the cheese is melted and the tops of buns are golden.
- Serve hot.
Notes
To cook in the slow cooker, add marinated pork to the slow cooker and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until an internal temperature of 201℉.