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Bifanas

Bifanas

Portuguese bifanas — thin, juicy slices of pork in a wine-garlic sauce, tucked into a crusty bun with mustard.

Time90 min
Servings4
Calories472 kcal
LevelEasy

Ingredients

  • pork, thin slices600 g
  • bread rolls4 pcs
  • garlic2 cloves
  • dry white wine150 ml
  • ground sweet paprika1 tsp
  • bay leaf1 leaf
  • oil1 tbsp
  • mustard2 tbsp
  • salt1 to taste
  • ground black pepper1 to taste

Instructions

1

Cut the pork across the grain into slices 3–5 mm thick; if needed, pound them lightly so they're evenly thin.

2

Place the pork in a bowl, add the minced garlic, sweet paprika, bay leaf, salt, black pepper and 100 ml dry white wine. Mix well and leave to marinate in the fridge for 1 hour.

3

Remove the meat from the marinade, keeping the bay leaf aside, and don't discard the liquid. Heat a wide skillet with oil over medium-high heat.

4

Fry the pork in small batches for 1–2 minutes per side, until browned but still juicy. Transfer the cooked slices to a plate.

5

Pour the marinade and the remaining 50 ml of wine into the skillet, and add back the bay leaf. Bring to a boil and simmer for 5–7 minutes, scraping up the browned bits from the bottom, until the sauce thickens slightly.

6

Return the pork to the sauce and warm through for 2–3 minutes, turning the slices so they get coated in the wine-garlic gravy.

7

Split the buns, toast them lightly in a dry skillet or oven, fill with the pork, drizzle with the sauce and serve with mustard.