World Flavors Cookbook

Bifana (Pork Sandwich)

Name: Bifana (Pork Sandwich)
Cook time: 20 min
Cuisine: Portugal
Ingredients: 4 thin pork cutlets; 4 papo seco (Portuguese rolls); Marinade: 1/2 cup white wine, 4 cloves garlic, 1 tbsp lard, 1 tsp paprika, 1 bay leaf, salt; Yellow mustard and piri-piri sauce

The ultimate Portuguese street food: thin slices of pork marinated in garlic and wine, served in a crusty bread roll.

Cuisine: Portugal

Ingredients

4 thin pork cutlets
4 papo seco (Portuguese rolls)
Marinade: 1/2 cup white wine, 4 cloves garlic, 1 tbsp lard, 1 tsp paprika, 1 bay leaf, salt
Yellow mustard and piri-piri sauce

Instructions

1. Marinate pork for at least 4 hours. 2. Sauté pork in its marinade and lard until tender and the liquid reduces to a rich sauce. 3. Lightly toast the rolls. 4. Stuff the meat into the rolls and pour extra sauce over it. 5. Serve with mustard and optional piri-piri.