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A tripleta sandwich on a plate.

Tripleta (Puerto Rican Three Meat Sandwich)

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  • Author: Salima Benkhalti
  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 2 servings 1x
  • Category: Main Dish, sandwiches
  • Method: Toasted
  • Cuisine: Latin, Puerto Rican

Description

The Tripleta features soft fluffy bread, a trio of meats (shredded pork, thin cut steak, and chicken), and crispy shoestring potatoes. This toasted Puerto Rican sandwich celebrates meat in a way unlike any other, leaving nothing to be desired.


Ingredients

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  • 1 loaf pan sobao, pan de agua, or baguette
  • 8 oz steak, shaved or sliced super thin
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1 tsp adobo seasoning
  • 1 cup shredded pernil (or carnitas)
  • deli meat, cooked chicken, or meat of your choice
  • 1/4 cup mayoketchup
  • 1 cup shoestring potato chips or chips of your choice
  • 1 cup lettuce, shredded
  • 1 tomato, sliced

Instructions

  1. Cook the steak: Start by seasoning the thin pieces of steak with salt, pepper and adobo. Sear in a skillet over medium high heat until cooked to your liking.
  2. Heat the remaining meat: Add the pernil and deli meat to the pan and cook just long enough to warm it up, adding a splash of broth or water if needed to keep it moist. Mix all three meats together in the pan.*
  3. Toast the bread: While things are happening with the meat, slice the bread in half lengthwise before toasting until crisp and light golden brown.
  4. Assemble the sandwich: Start with a generous drizzle of mayoketchup on the base of both sides of the bread. Top with the meat trio. Top that off with a handful of potato chips, lettuce and sliced tomato. Finish with another drizzle of mayoketchup before closing the sandwich and slicing in half. Buen provecho!

Notes

*Feel free to add a couple slices of cheese over top of the meat when warming in the pan and cover with a lid to melt if you want a cheesy tripleta.