Roosevelt Avenue-Style Cemita Sandwiches Recipe

Recipe By Serious Eats

Cemitas are a type of mexcian sandwich that originally hails from the state of puebla, but they've taken on a life of their own in new york city. This recipe creates a cemita sandwich as served in the restaurants and taco trucks of new york, in particular along roosevelt avenue in jackson heights. These are gently warmed sandwiches served on a griddled sesame bun with taco-meat fillings of your choice, avocado, lettuce, tomato, chipotles, refried beans, mayo, and queso oaxaca, a mexican string cheese, that's hand-shredded into hairlike strands. Papalo, a floral mexican herb, adds its own special flavor. This is a cemita con todowith the works.

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Ingredients for Roosevelt Avenue-Style Cemita Sandwiches Recipe

  • 1 Homemade or store bought cemita buns, sesame seed buns, or brioche buns, halved
  • 1.50 tablespoon Warm refried beans
  • 1/2 cup Warm pork carnitas, al pastor, carne asada, carne adovada, or other taco filling
  • As required Canola or vegetable oil, for greasing
  • 1/2 Ripe medium hass avocados, halved, pitted, and sliced
  • 0.13 cup Shredded iceberg lettuce from 1 small head
  • 2 Thin tomato slices from 2 medium tomatoes
  • 3 Raw onion rings
  • 5 Leaves papalo, or fresh cilantro leaves
  • 1/4 can 4 chioptle chiles from whole chipotle chiles in adobo
  • 1/4 cup Shredded queso oaxaca from 1 ball of cheese, or low moisture fresh mozzarella or string cheese
Nutrition
value
377
calories per serving
14 g Fat31 g Protein27 g Carbs30 g FiberOther

Current Totals

  • Fat
    14g
  • Protein
    31g
  • Carbs
    27g
  • Fiber
    30g

MacroNutrients

  • Carbs
    27g
  • Protein
    31g
  • Fiber
    30g

Fats

  • Fat
    14g

Vitamins & Minerals

  • Calcium
    395mg
  • Iron
    18mg
  • Vitamin A
    6791mcg
  • Vitamin B1
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B2
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B3
    4mg
  • Vitamin B6
    1mg
  • Vitamin B9
    369mcg
  • Vitamin B12
    0mcg
  • Vitamin C
    209mg
  • Vitamin E
    5mg
  • Copper
    1mcg
  • Magnesium
    387mg
  • Manganese
    2mg
  • Phosphorus
    421mg
  • Selenium
    57mcg
  • Zinc
    8mg
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. All nutritional information presented are estimates and not meant to substitute professional dietary advice or treatment
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Recipe By Serious Eats