This Caribbean Pulled Pork Sandwich has spicy pulled pork with a bright mango-peach salsa and a fried egg. It’s served on a fresh pretzel bun to add on to the deliciousness!
Caribbean Pulled Pork Sandwich
Oh my gosh, you guys. This sandwich. This saaaaaaaaaandwich. All I can say is WOW. Kevin took one bite, closed his eyes, groaned, and said, “Can we have this again tomorrow night?” I knew right away it was a keeper. And I had to share it with you. It’s surprisingly quick and easy to throw together and a great way to use up leftovers. Double win.
This sandwich features a spicy, flavorful pulled pork, topped with a bright mango-peach salsa that’s a little bit sweet and a little bit spicy, and finished off with a sunny-side up fried egg — all sandwiched on a buttery, toasted pretzel bun.
It’s perfect for dinner, a triumph for brunch, decadent for lunch, and totally appropriate for breakfast. Basically, you can eat it for any meal of the day. Which is a glorious thing.
It’s also a wonderful way to use up leftover pulled pork. If you’re planning to make our Perfect Pulled Pork recipe for Labor Day — which I highly recommend that you do! — It’s tried and true, and one of our all-time most popular recipes here on Kevin & Amanda’s Recipes. Did you know if you Google “pulled pork recipe” ours is one of the first to come up? Even Google loves it! We can’t go anywhere without friends requesting we bring this perfect pulled pork. Anyway, if you’re planning to make it, here’s what you can do if you have leftovers the next day. Make this sandwich. As soon as possible. Swoon!
Pulled pork is one of those things that freezes SO well. We always have some pulled pork in the freezer for those “What are we going to have for dinner??” nights. Here’s how I like to reheat ours.
How to Prepare Your Sandwich
I thaw it, then add it to a skillet over medium heat, and pour in just enough chicken broth until it’s moistened.
This is about a pound of pulled pork and a cup of broth.
I also sprinkle in a generous heaping of leftover seasoning rub. At least a tablespoon. Let that simmer over medium to medium low heat while you prepare the other ingredients for the sandwich.
Pulled pork on a pretzel bun is a triumph. These soft, delicious, pretzely buns send this sandwich over the moon! I found them at Earthfare, our local “whole foods / health foods” type grocery store, baked fresh from their bakery. I am in love with them. Seriously, I just want to eat them all day.
Especially when they’re buttery and toasty. Arrange the buns on a baking sheet.
Slather with plenty of softened butter.
And place under the broiler of your oven until just brown and toasty. It happens quickly, so keep an eye on them the whole time. Remove and set aside.
Next, we’ll make the eggs. Here’s my quick and easy method for sunny-side up fried eggs with the yellow yolk on top and NO flipping!
Add a pat of butter to a small, non-stick skillet over medium heat.
When the butter gets foamy (like above) crack in an egg.
Cover and cook for 2-3 mins over medium heat. If the yolk starts to turn white and opaque, remove from the pan immediately. Transfer the egg to a plate and place in a warm oven (it should still be warm from broiling the buns) to keep warm while you repeat with the remaining eggs. They’ll still good! Don’t worry! :) You can also cook multiple eggs at the same time, remove to a plate, and cut apart.
As soon as the eggs are done, it’s time to build our sandwich! Start with the bottom bun…
Top with a slice of cheddar cheese.
Add a layer of simmering pulled pork…
Then the top with the fresh-from-the-skillet eggs and mango-peach salsa.
I used this Mango Peach salsa from Sabra.
I love this salsa more than life itself. I love it even more than regular salsa. I’m obsessed. It’s sweet and flavorful and has just a hint of spice that’s absolutely fabulous. It’s glorious on salty tortilla chips, but would also be amazing with sweet cinnamon sugar tortilla chips! It works for everything.
Put it on top of grilled salmon for an easy, 2-ingredient dinner like Maria from Two Peas and Their Pod did. Or put it on top of french bread with hummus and roasted chicken for a quick and easy Bruschetta appetizer like Jenny from Picky Palate did.
And here, it adds the perfect amount of sweet and spice to our perfect pulled pork.
Top everything with that last warm, buttery pretzel bun and you are in sandwich heaven.
*groans*
Now crack that baby open. You gotta try this one guys.
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Caribbean Pulled Pork Sandwich
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Prep Time: 15 minutes -
Cook Time: 5 minutes
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Total Time: 20 minutes
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Yield: 6 sandwiches 1x
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Category: Dinner
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Method: Stove
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Cuisine: Caribbean
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This Caribbean Pulled Pork Sandwich has spicy pulled pork with a bright mango-peach salsa and a fried egg. It’s served on a fresh pretzel bun to add on to the deliciousness!
Ingredients
- 1 lb pulled pork
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1–2 tablespoons Perfect Pulled Pork Dry Rub (or your favorite seasoning rub)
- 6 pretzel buns (or hamburger buns)
- 1 stick (8 tablespoons) butter, softened
- 6 eggs
- salt and pepper
- 6 slices cheddar cheese
- 1 1/4 cup Sabra Mango Peach Salsa
Instructions
- Add pulled pork, broth, and dry rub to a large skillet over medium heat. Stir gently to combine and simmer over medium low heat until heated through and ready to serve.
- Arrange pretzel buns opened with the inner side facing up on a baking sheet. Slather generously with butter and broil in the oven until just golden and toasted. Remove and set aside.
- Add a pat of butter to a small, nonstick skillet. When the butter starts to foam, crack in an egg. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Cover and cook for 2-3 mins over medium heat. If the yolk starts to turn white and opaque, remove from the pan immediately. Transfer the egg to a plate and place in a warm, off oven to keep warm while you repeat with the remaining eggs. Alternatively, you can cook multiple eggs at the same time, remove to a plate, and cut apart.
To Build the Sandwich
Add the bottom bun to a plate and top with the following layers: cheddar cheese, pulled pork, fried egg, salsa, and top bun .
Looks fab,can’t wait to try it out….yummy
I love pulled pork and almost always have several vacuum bags of it in the freezer since we smoke pork butts and pork picnic shoulders often. I’ll have to get this one a shot.
Here via link from Cody’s Food Blog.
Costco has pretzel buns in our area!
Sounds amazing! And what a coinkydink that last night I made pulled pork with a locally-made peach mango BBQ sauce. Hmmm… all I need to do is find pretzel buns and we’ll be all set. Of course, we have an entire bag of regular sesame seed buns at home… but all I can think about is that I saw pretzel buns for sale down the street at Dunkin Donuts the other day. True story. I’m sure they’re nowhere near as good as those ones you have, but they’ve got to be better than our bargain buns at home.
Hm. Dilemma.
Or not.
How is it that you don’t weigh at least 400 pounds??? This sandwich looks & sounds sooooo delicious and amazing!!!
AND… What about all those ‘s’mores ideas you posted recently??? Good Grief! I think I gained 5 lbs. just reading about them.
I guess I should thank you for sharing all this deliciousness (which I do thank you), but you are killing my diet!
Agreed!! Doesn’t it seem like all food bloggers are skinny??! I don’t get it! I thought about starting my own blog because I love to cook and write, but I’m already struggling to lose weight…. my boyfriend would have to roll me down the hall in my apartment so I could go to bed at night. It’s just a bad idea.
I want this for breakfast and again for lunch. Wow.
Looks fab! Do you think I could cook it in the crockpot instead of the oven?
Must. Find. Pretzel. Buns!
That is all.
I am totally drooling over this!
Love everything about this sandwich! So good!
OMG!! Now, this is the way to eat a pulled pork sammie!! Love the flavors!
Girl- when you make food it’s like the best looking thing I’ve ever seen- always. Gotta try. Thanks for sharing!
This is a thing of beauty!! I have GOT to try that pulled pork!!!
Pretzel buns really are all the rage this season. My kids and husband didn’t like them too much the first time we tried. Maybe we will try again : ).
These look way too good!! The pretzel bun, the pork, the egg, the cheese and the salsa, amazing! And crazy I was just eating that mango peach salsa last night, the first time I’ve tried it and it was delicious!
YES! and those pretzels buns look like the perfect combo for this! cannot wait to try this out.
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Behold the elusive pretzel buns! Glad you found them.
This looks really delicious! BTW, I just googled “pulled pork recipe” and there are 4 recipes before yours (2 from AllRecipes, 1 from Food Network, and one from Chow). Just thought you might want to know! I’m sure your recipe is great though.
Amanda, I’m sooo all over this. Between this sandwich and my Brazilian burger from last week I think we are meant to be friends.
Amazing-looking sandwich!! :)
What a shame…I just HAPPENED to buy a pork roast for the first time in months yesterday. Pretzel buns will get picked up tonight. YUM!!!!
These are awesome!! I love, love, love them!! Eggs make everything better and that peach salsa is amazing!
This recipe looks amazing!! Love your step by step instructions & photos!! Gonna try this AFTER I make your pulled pork recipe!!
You totally knocked this out of the park! I can’t wait to make these… I bet that salsa is perfect on it :)
these look really good. when you freeze your leftover port do you freeze in 1lb. portions?
Amanda, these look aaaaaahhhhhmazing! Right up my alley. I currently have left over pulled pork in my freezer that I’ve moved a zillion times to make room for other things thinking,”Why the heck am I keeping this? I’m never gonna use it.” Well, it looks like I am. I just need to get my mitts on some pretzel buns. Thoroughly enjoyed your text-rant about the buns the other day. Sounds quite like something I would do. I lived in Charlotte, NC a few years ago. Shortly after moving in we had a huge house-fly issue from the doors being constantly open during the move. Days later I was looking for fly swatters EVERYWHERE. During one of my excursions I asked an employee at Walmart if he could point me in the direction of the fly swatters. To which he replied, ” You want fly sweaters?” I was literally speechless. I’m in Michigan now and there’s a great family owned market down the street with a fabulous bakery so I’m hoping they have them. Sorry for the long-winded comment. I so thoroughly enjoy your blog (working up the nerve to start my own soon….. hopefully). Enjoy your vacation in Florida.
OMGawwwwsh, Amanda! These look SO good! I had NO idea that pulled pork was freezable, but I’m thrilled that it is, because it’s a favorite meal of ours. Thanks for the great recipe!
These look phenomenal! I have your pulled pork recipe on my to do list for this week. Also, your text message conversation about trying to find pretzel buns was hilarious.