Chef That! Pork Belly Cubano!

Jordan Kahn of Vespertine, Meteora and Destroyer turns crisp-skinned pork belly into a cheesy Cubano sandwich with Gruyère, pickles and mustard.

, Betty Hallock, Stephanie Breijo and Mark E. Potts

Sept. 4, 2024 9 AM PT

Watch chef Jordan Kahn of Vespertine, Meteora and Destroyer make his “deeply nostalgic” version of a Cubano sandwich with crispy-skin pork belly, mojo rub, pickles, mustard and Swiss cheese, plus two perfect accompaniments: mariquitas Cubanas, or fried banana chips, and a mamey milkshake made with the luscious fruit, which is a kind of sapote. Find Kahn’s full “Chef That!” recipes at these links for the Cuban sandwich, mariquitas Cubanas and mamey milkshake,

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Food

Laurie Ochoa

Laurie Ochoa is general manager of Food at the Los Angeles Times.

Betty Hallock

Betty Hallock is deputy Food editor at the Los Angeles Times. She has co-written four cookbooks, including “Bäco: Vivid Recipes from the Heart of Los Angeles,” “Amá: A Modern Tex-Mex Kitchen” and “Baking at République.” She started her journalism career at the Wall Street Journal and Scientific American in New York, worked on the L.A. Times’ Business desk, and was interim food editor at Los Angeles Magazine. Hallock also helped launch a food and nutrition vertical for wellness app RoundGlass. She’s a graduate of UCLA and New York University.

Stephanie Breijo

Stephanie Breijo is a reporter for the Food section and the author of its weekly news column. Previously, she served as the restaurants and bars editor for Time Out Los Angeles, and prior to that, the award-winning food editor of Richmond magazine in Richmond, Va. Born and primarily raised in Los Angeles, she believes L.A. to be the finest food city in the country and might be biased on that count but doesn’t believe she’s wrong.

Mark E. Potts

Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla., Potts graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a master’s degree in broadcast journalism. He has created and edited video for DreamWorks, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony and BET.