--- title: Chef Star Jon Favreau Shares Cuban Sandwich Recipe description: You're going to need a lot of pork canonical: https://time.com/4216235/jon-favreau-cuban-sandwich-recipe/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-10T22:14:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:29:57.589Z og:title: 'Chef' Star Jon Favreau Shared His Special Cuban Sandwich Recipe og:description: You're going to need a lot of pork og:url: https://time.com/4216235/jon-favreau-cuban-sandwich-recipe/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Chef' Star Jon Favreau Shared His Special Cuban Sandwich Recipe twitter:description: You're going to need a lot of pork twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # _Chef_ Star Jon Favreau Shared His Very Special Cuban Sandwich Recipe by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Feb 10, 2016 10:14 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Feb 10, 2016 10:14 PM UTC If you saw the movie _Chef_, you likely left the theater craving a Cuban sandwich. (Seriously, the Cubanos in that movie [looked incredible](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNwbdMwI0MU).) For the Super Bowl this past weekend, Jon Favreau, who wrote, directed and starred in the 2014 film, decided to bring the movie back to life by cooking up Cuban sandwiches. Then, he was kind enough to share the recipe with the world. The full recipe, which he credits to chef Roy Choi, is [available on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/food/comments/44t67p/im%5Fjon%5Ffavreau%5Fand%5Fthese%5Fare%5Fcuban%5Fsandwiches%5Fi/). Here’s a step-by-step guide, with photos: Favreau also posted a delicious-looking montage on Instagram: This could be a great way to impress that special someone. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4216235/jon-favreau-cuban-sandwich-recipe/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4216235/jon-favreau-cuban-sandwich-recipe/"},"headline":"Chef Star Jon Favreau Shared His Very Special Cuban Sandwich Recipe","datePublished":"2016-02-10T22:14:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:57.589Z","description":"You're going to need a lot of pork","url":"https://time.com/4216235/jon-favreau-cuban-sandwich-recipe/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4216235/jon-favreau-cuban-sandwich-recipe/","name":"Chef Star Jon Favreau Shared His Very Special Cuban Sandwich Recipe"}}]}] ```