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Jibarito

Name: Jibarito
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: PR
Ingredients: 2 large green plantains; 500 ml vegetable oil, for frying; 300 g thin beef steak (skirt or round); 1 tsp adobo seasoning (or ½ tsp salt and ½ tsp garlic powder); ½ onion, sliced; 2 slices American or Swiss cheese; 4 tbsp mayonnaise; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 4 leaves lettuce; 1 tomato, sliced; ½ tsp salt; 1 tbsp vegetable oil, for pan-frying the steak

15m

Prépa

20m

Cuisson

Portions

Moyen

Difficulté

Sandwich au steak où le pain est remplacé par de la banane plantain verte aplatie et frite, avec mayonnaise à l'ail.

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Portions

2portions

Ingrédients

Nutrition

calories880

protein38g

carbs72g

fat50g

fiber5g

Par portion

Étapes

Make the garlic mayo

Mix the mayonnaise with the crushed garlic until smooth and evenly combined.

4 tbsp mayonnaise
2 cloves crushed garlic

✅ C'est prêt quand : mayo looks smooth and evenly speckled with garlic

First fry of the plantains

Peel the plantains and cut each in half lengthwise. In a medium pot (about 20 cm / 8 in wide), heat the oil to 170°C (340°F) and fry the halves for 4-5 minutes until pale golden. Remove and drain on paper towels, leaving the oil in the pot for later.

2 green plantains
500 ml vegetable oil

✅ C'est prêt quand : pale golden and soft enough to pierce easily with a fork

⏱4:30

Flatten

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Second fry

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Cook the steak

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Assemble

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Make the garlic mayo

Mix the mayonnaise with the crushed garlic until smooth and evenly combined.

4 tbsp mayonnaise
2 cloves crushed garlic

✅ C'est prêt quand : mayo looks smooth and evenly speckled with garlic

First fry of the plantains

2 green plantains
500 ml vegetable oil

✅ C'est prêt quand : pale golden and soft enough to pierce easily with a fork

⏱4:30

Flatten

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Second fry

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Cook the steak

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Assemble

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History & Culture

The Story Behind the Dish

📍 Chicago (Humboldt Park)📅 1990s🥪 PR

The jibarito was created in 1996 at a Puerto Rican restaurant in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighbourhood, inspired by a Venezuelan sandwich that used plantains instead of bread.

Its name comes from jíbaro, the word for Puerto Rico's rural mountain farmers, and it has since spread back to the island.