Jibarito
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The jibarito (pronounced hee-bah-ree-to), a specialty of Chicago, is a sandwich made with flattened, fried green plantains instead of bread. It was invented in the early 1990s at the Borinquen Restaurant, a Puerto Rican restaurant, by owner Juan "Peter" Figueroa.[1]
The sandwich's popularity soon spread to other Latin-American restaurants around Chicago, including Mexican and Argentinian places, and jibaritos now can be found in some mainstream eateries as well. [2]
The original jibarito had a steak filling, and that remains the usual variety, but other fillings, such as chicken and pork, are common. A proper jibarito also contains cheese, lettuce, tomato and garlic-flavored mayonnaise.
