Roosevelt Avenue-Style Cemita Sandwiches Recipe

Name: Roosevelt Avenue-Style Cemita Sandwiches Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 4 homemade or store-bought cemita buns (see notes), sesame-seed buns, or brioche buns, halved; 6 tablespoons warm Refried Beans; 2 cups warm pork carnitas , al pastor , carne asada , carne adovada , or other taco filling; Canola or vegetable oil, for greasing; 2 ripe medium Hass avocados, halved, pitted, and sliced; 1/2 cup shredded iceberg lettuce from 1 small head; 8 thin tomato slices from 2 medium tomatoes; 12 raw onion rings (about 1/4 inch thick); 20 leaves papalo (see notes), or fresh cilantro leaves; 4 chipotle chiles from 1 (7-ounce) can whole chipotle chiles in adobo; 1 cup finely-shredded queso Oaxaca from 1 (14-ounce) ball of cheese (see notes), or low-moisture fresh mozzarella or string cheese; 1/2 cup mayonnaise

Prep 10m

Cook 15m

Total 25m

This Roosevelt Avenue-style Cemita Sandwiches recipe features warm Refried Beans, pork carnitas, ripe Hass avocados, shredded lettuce, tomato slices, raw onion rings, fresh papalo, chipotle chiles, and finely-shredded queso Oaxaca, all piled onto homemade or store-bought cemita buns, sesame-seed buns, or brioche buns, then crisped with canola or vegetable oil.