Jibarito
A jibarito made with grilled chicken
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| Main ingredient(s) | Plantains, garlic-flavored mayonnaise, meat, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes |
The jibarito (pronounced hee-bah-ree-to), is a sandwich made with flattened, fried green plantains instead of bread, garlic-flavored mayonnaise, and a filling that typically includes meat, cheese, lettuce and tomato.[1][2] The original jibarito had a steak filling, and that remains the usual variety, but other ingredients, such as chicken and pork, are common.
History
Chicago restaurateur Juan "Peter" Figueroa[1] introduced the jibarito at Borinquen Restaurant, a Puerto Rican restaurant in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, in 1996,[1][2] after reading about a Puerto Rican sandwich substituting plantains for bread. The name is a diminutive of Jíbaro and means "little yokel".
The sandwich's popularity soon spread to other Latin-American restaurants around Chicago, including Mexican, Cuban and Argentinian establishments, and jibaritos now can be found in some mainstream eateries as well.[3]
Related sandwiches
Other Latin American sandwiches served on fried plantains predate the jibarito. They include a Colombian cuisine specialty called a patacones and a 1991 invention by Jorge Muñoz and Coquí Feliciano served at their restaurant, Plátano Loco, in Aguada, Puerto Rico.[4]
Reception
The Daily Meal included the jibarito in their article "12 Life-Changing Sandwiches You've Never Heard Of".[5]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Saga of a sandwich. Chicago Tribune, June 18, 2003.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ First look at Graham Elliot's Grahamwich. Chicago Tribune, December 15, 2010: "And it was damn near impossible with the jibarito; thin-sliced fried plantains were never intended to endure such treatment."
- ↑ Plantano Loco
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
