El Lechon de Negron - Union
El Lechon de Negron is a Latin American restaurant in Union, NJ. Order takeout online for pickup.
1331 Magie Ave F
Union, NJ 07083
Phone: +19085776229
Price range: under $10
Hours
- Sunday: 12:00–20:00
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday: 11:30–20:00
El Lechon de Negron - Union Menu
Small Plates | Platos Pequenos
- Morcilla — $6.50
Sauteed blood sausage with onions and tostones.
- Queso Frito — $6.00
Six fried cheese sticks served with guava sriracha sauce
- Tostone Cups — $10.50
Five stuffed, mini tostone cups. Two pernil, one steak, one chicken, and one shrimp, topped with pico de gallo and mayo-ketchup sauce.
Fried Snacks | Fritura
- A. Regular Flavor Empanadas Click here! — $3.00
- Papa Rellena — $3.00
Fried mashed potato ball filled with seasoned ground beef
- Alcapurria de Yuca — $3.00
YUCA fritter stuffed with seasoned beef.
- Buffalo Chicken Dip Empanada — $6.00
Chicken thighs cooked in a tangy buffalo sauce, ranch seasoning, and cheese
- Ropa Vieja Empanada — $8.00
In honor of our favorite Cuban dish. Slow cooked shredded skirt steak in a tomoato -sofrito sauce with peppers and onions.
- Jamon y Queso (Ham and Cheese) Empanada — $6.00
Simple yet delicious. Diced roasted deli ham with American cheese and herbs.
- Pepperoni Pizza Empanada — $6.00
Pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, marinara sauce and Italian herbs.
- Chicken Parmesan Empanada — $6.00
Italian style Breaded chicken cutlet, fresh mozzarella cheese, shredded mozzarella cheese, & marinara sauce.
- Chicken Nacho Empanada — $6.00
Just think of your favorite chicken nacho appetizer, in an empanada. Taco seasoned chicken with shredded monteray jack cheese, cheddar cheese, pico de gallo, served with nacho cheese dipping
sauce.
- Crab Rangoon Empanada — $7.00
Just like the crab Rangoon wontons but BIGGER! Mixture of Jumbo lump crab meat and crab sticks, cream cheese, scallions, & soy sauce.
- Shrimp Scampi Empanada — $8.00
Lemon, garlic, white wine, parmesan cheese, and shrimp. Buon Appetito!
- Cheese CAKE Empanada — $5.00
So this is different, New York Cheese Cake filling inside the empanada, drizzled with caramel sauce.
- Cinnabon Apple — $5.00
Diced baked Cinnabon rolls added to our apple pie filling, drizzled with icing
- Cubano Empanada — $7.00
Our best selling sandwich turned into an empanada. Ham, roasted pork, pickle, swiss and Mustard.
- Alcapurria de Guineo — $3.00
Green banana (guineo) fritter stuffed with seasoned beef.
- Bacon Mac N Cheese — $6.00
Our seven cheese mac and cheese with crispy bacon bits.
- Sorullos CON QUESO — $5.00
3 Sorullos (corn fritter) made from scratch, stuffed with cheese
- Philly Cheese Steak Empanadas — $7.00
Steak, onions, peppers, cheese sauce and american cheese.
- Pastelon Empanada — $6.00
Our thursday special, Puerto Rican Plantain Lasagna, turned into an empanada!
Fried sweet plantains, seasoned ground beef, and cheddar cheese.
- Thanksgiving Empananda — $6.00
Turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, and stuffing
served with cranberry sauce and gravy
- GUAVA & CREAM CHEESE EMPANADA — $4.00
Guava, cream cheese, and dulce de leche
- Friday | Bacalaito — $3.00
Cod fish fritter.
Salad | Ensalada
- Salad | Ensalada — $4.00
**Avocado will be added to salads when available, there will be no price change for salads without avocado, thank you**
- Salad with Protein — $12.00
Romaine lettuce, shredded carrrots, cucumbers, purple onion, tomatoes, green olive, served with our homemade dressing on the side.
**Avocado will be added to salads when available, there will be no price change for salads without avocado, thank you**
Plates | Platos CLICK HERE to see our delicious options of platters
- Plates | Platos — $12.00
- CHICHARRON (SATURDAY ONLY) — $15.00
Pork Belly done OUR WAY. Three pieces of crispy skin and juicy pork belly (like thick bacon). Served with your choice of rice and side.
- Bori Bowl — $11.50
The Boricua Bowl
arroz con gandules, choice of protein or meatless, diced fried maduros, diced queso frito, pico de gallo, our signature sauce, guava sriracha, and cilantro sauce
Classic Dishes
- Mofongo — $9.00
Fried green plantains, mashed and shaped into a ball. Served with your choice of meat, arroz con gandules, and tomato-sofrito sauce.
- Pastele — $4.00
Hand-made guineo (green banana) tamale stuffed with delicious pork and boiled in banana leaf.
- Mofongo RELLENO — $10.00
Mofongo shaped into a bowl then filled with your choice of meat or mixed veggies. Served with arroz con gandules.
- Sancocho (FRIDAY ONLY) — $10.00
A meat and vegetable soup. Chicken, Steak, and Pork. Root vegetables and corn. Served with a small side of (white rice.)
- Pastelon (THURSDAY ONLY) — $14.00
Puerto Rican Lasagna. Layers of fried sweet plantains (maduros), seasoned beef, and cheese. Served with a salad or rice.
Sides
- Fried Plantains — $4.50
- Yuca — $4.50
Fried or boiled with garlic and red onion.
- Avocado — $3.50
Half of an avocado, sliced
- Arroz con Gandules — $4.50
Yellow rice cooked with green pigeon peas
- White Rice and Beans — $4.50
White rice with a side of beans
(black or pink beans, please specify) SOLD OUT RED BEANS
- Beans — $2.50
Add a side of beans to your order
RED or BLACK beans
- Cuerrito — $1.50
Fried pork Skin
- Fries (papas fritas) — $4.00
- Carne Frita SIDE — $6.50
Cubed fried pork tossed in our mojo and sofrito sauces topped with red onion and cilantro.
- Pernil SIDE — $6.50
Slow roasted pork shoulder, shredded
- Chicharron de Pollo SIDE — $6.00
fried chicken leg quarters (bone in)
- Chimichurri Chicken SIDE — $8.00
Sauteed chicken breast in chimichurri sauce
- Grilled Chicken SIDE — $8.00
Grilled Chicken with onions and mixed peppers
- Shrimp SIDE — $9.00
7 pieces of Shrimp sauteed in our tomato sofrito garlic sauce
- Mofongo SIDE — $5.00
individual serving of mofongo
Desserts | Postres
- Tres Leches — $4.00
Sponge cake soaked in three types of sweetened milks with icing on top.
- Flan — $5.00
- Flancocho — $5.00
Two desserts in one! Flan on top of pound cake.
- Tembleque — $5.00
Coconut pudding / gelatin made with real coconut
topped with shaved coconut flakes and cinnamon
- Arroz Con Dulce — $5.00
homemade rice pudding, contains raisins
- Limber — $4.50
Flavored Icey, Pick one Flavor
coconut
crema (vanilla)
cherry
- Flan de COCO — $5.00
Coconut flavored custard made with real coconut
- CHOCO-FLAN — $5.00
Two desserts in one! Traditional flan on top of chocolate cake.
- Pistachio Tres Leches Cake — $5.00
- Banana Pudding Tres Leches — $6.00
- Apple Cinnamon Tres Leches — $6.00
- Pumpkin Flancocho — $6.00
Pumpkin Flan on top of rum spice cake
- Pumpkin TRES LECHES PUMPKIN — $6.00
In-House Creations
- Lechon Disco Fries — $12.00
Fries topped with pernil, Mozzarella cheese and pork gravy made from scratch.
- The Lechon Burger — $13.50
8 oz., hand-rolled burger made from freshly ground beef, eprnil and chorizo, topped with white American cheese, Sauteed onions and mayo-ketchup. Served with seasoned fries.
Sandwiches
- EJ Jibarito — $11.00
The plantain sandwich! Fried green plantapin, sliced in half and flattened as the "bread". Topped with cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo-ketchup sauce and choice of meat. Served with arroz con gandules. Fries also available, please type a note.
- Tripleta — $14.00
Pernil, ham, steak, cheese, potato stix, lettuce, tomato, onions and mayo - ketchup.
- Cubano — $13.00
Slow-roasted pork, ham, Swiss, mustard and pickles.
- Pan con Lechon — $12.00
Pernil, lettuce, tomato and mayo.
Drinks
- Malta Goya — $2.50
- Malta INDIA — $2.50
- Kola Champagne — $1.95
- Coco Rico — $3.00
20 ounce bottle
- Pineapple Soda — $2.50
- Mandarin (Orange) Jarritos — $3.25
- Guava Soda — $2.50
- Pepsi Can — $1.80
- Diet Pepsi Can — $1.80
12 ounce can
- Gingerale Can — $1.90
- Bottled Water — $2.00