The Epic Riki Taki Sandwich

The Riki Taki sandwich sounds impressive as a name anyway, but this is a super incredible sandwich! A couple of folks suggested I give this Dominican Republic recipe a try and I was not disappointed, in fact despite the ‘strange’ ingredients I was warned about, it was actually fine and possibly one of the best toasted style sandwiches I’ve ever had and it doesn’t even have any melted cheese which is normally for me a deal breaker! Here we make our own homemade Adobo seasoning, cook it up with beef mince and load it in a ciabatta with seasoned lettuce, tomato, mayo, ketchup and eggs. It sort of fuses together into this absolutely incredible combo where the mayo soaks into the beef and it has this unexpected sweetness that just totally caught me off guard, an absolute winner! I really hope you try it!

Ingredients list:

• 1kg beef mince
• Ciabatta bread rolls / or similar
• ½ cabbage, shredded
• 1 large beef tomato, sliced
• 2 eggs, hard boiled, shelled & sliced
• 2tbsp tomato ketchup
• 2tbsp mayonnaise
• 3tbsp lemon juice

For dressing the lettuce / tomato

• 2tbsp corn oil
• 2tbsp white vinegar
• 1tsp salt

For the homemade Adobo Seasoning

• 3tbsp garlic powder
• 1tbsp onion powder
• 1tsp oregano
• 1tsp salt
• 1tsp white pepper
• 1tsp paprika
• (or just use store bought Adobo seasoning of course!)