{"id":381602,"date":"2026-08-26T13:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T13:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/381602\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T13:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T13:02:16","slug":"tampas-best-cubano-recipe-at-the-arc-tampa-bay-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/381602\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa&#8217;s BEST Cubano recipe at The Arc Tampa Bay Cafe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tampa&#8217;s BEST Cubano recipe as prepared by Chef Enesto Casabella and members of the Culinary Institute with <a href=\"https:\/\/inclusivegrounds.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Inclusive Grounds: The Arc Tampa Bay Cafe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Inclusive Grounds is supported by \u201cThe Arc Tampa Bay,\u201d which empowers people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa&#8217;s BEST Cuban<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients for rub:<\/p>\n<p>1 cup salt<\/p>\n<p>2 oz paprika<\/p>\n<p>2 oz garlic powder<\/p>\n<p>2oz oregano<\/p>\n<p>2 oz cumin<\/p>\n<p>Directions:<\/p>\n<p>Place two pork butts in a pan<\/p>\n<p>Butterfly them and probe with a carving knife several times inside and out.<\/p>\n<p>Add 2 cups of mojo criollo cuban marinade (found at local grocery store), covering the meat, filling cavities created with the knife<\/p>\n<p>Use all rub mix covering both inside and out<\/p>\n<p>Cook at 325 degrees for 8 hours<\/p>\n<p>Once tender, shred with two forks<\/p>\n<p>Place in a large mixing bowl with all the juices and thoroughly mix the pork<\/p>\n<p>Sandwich Making:<\/p>\n<p>Cut Loaves of bread into 7&#8242; rolls and split down the middle<\/p>\n<p>On sheet pants, separate the tops and bottoms side-by-side<\/p>\n<p>Right side is the bottom &#8211; spread mayonnaise evenly<\/p>\n<p>Left side is the top &#8211; spread mustard evenly<\/p>\n<p>Add 4 slices of ham on top<\/p>\n<p>Add two slices of Swiss cheese<\/p>\n<p>Serve or wrap individually<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tampa&#8217;s BEST Cubano recipe as prepared by Chef Enesto Casabella and members of the Culinary Institute with Inclusive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[7147,7152,575,14608,1187,115,139,135,137,136,835],"class_list":["post-381602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-app-chefs-kitchen","tag-chefs-kitchen","tag-food","tag-food-and-dining","tag-melissa-eichman","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}