The Best Puerto Rican Sandwiches Have Plantains For Bread Dining on a Dime
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Date: 2020-05-20
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Soovin
True Story: This past weekend - Bought a last-minute plane ticket on a Friday morning from San Diego, flew overnight, landed in Chicago at 3: 30am on Saturday, slept on a terminal bench, took the blue line to Western, had a coffee in Bucktown, walked around in 20 degree weather without gloves carried my bag downtown, dropped off my bag at River Hotel on Upper Wacker, walked down past Millennium Park to my old school, had another coffee at Dollop, took the pink line at Harold Washington, dozed off in exhaustion until 18th street, walked around to kill time, had yet another coffee, saw some cool artwork, FINALLY IT'S 12PM, walked into The Jibarito Shop behind a couple, ordered a steak full sandwich with chihuahua cheese and arroz con gandules, snarfed the delicious fried goodness in 10 minutes, and took my tired ass back to the pink line back downtown: belly full, lips greasy from the steak and plantain, dozing off to sleep on my way to the Loop.
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True Story: This past weekend - Bought a last-minute plane ticket on a Friday morning from San Diego, flew overnight, landed in Chicago at 3: 30am on Saturday, slept on a terminal bench, took the blue line to Western, had a coffee in Bucktown, walked around in 20 degree weather without gloves carried my bag downtown, dropped off my bag at River Hotel on Upper Wacker, walked down past Millennium Park to my old school, had another coffee at Dollop, took the pink line at Harold Washington, dozed off in exhaustion until 18th street, walked around to kill time, had yet another coffee, saw some cool artwork, FINALLY IT'S 12PM, walked into The Jibarito Shop behind a couple, ordered a steak full sandwich with chihuahua cheese and arroz con gandules, snarfed the delicious fried goodness in 10 minutes, and took my tired ass back to the pink line back downtown: belly full, lips greasy from the steak and plantain, dozing off to sleep on my way to the Loop.
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Brian
Little known fact about Lucas. back in his CIA days, while on assignment in Puerto Rico, Lucas stopped by a street vendor during a surveillance mission, the vendor had rice and beans, steak, pork, sauteed onions and tostones. The vendor served everything on a paper plate but Lucas, being in a hurry and having his hands full with spy gear needed another solution. Using his quick wit and hunger as motivation, Lucas told the vendor to place the sliced steak in between two tostones, add the sauteed onions on top with a coating of savory white sauce to bring it all together. AND that my friends is the legend of how the famous Puerto Rican Jibarito was born.
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Little known fact about Lucas. back in his CIA days, while on assignment in Puerto Rico, Lucas stopped by a street vendor during a surveillance mission, the vendor had rice and beans, steak, pork, sauteed onions and tostones. The vendor served everything on a paper plate but Lucas, being in a hurry and having his hands full with spy gear needed another solution. Using his quick wit and hunger as motivation, Lucas told the vendor to place the sliced steak in between two tostones, add the sauteed onions on top with a coating of savory white sauce to bring it all together. AND that my friends is the legend of how the famous Puerto Rican Jibarito was born.
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Kelly
There are (or were) quite a few sandwich shops in the more predominantly Puerto Rican neighborhoods in Chicago (like Humbolt Park and Logan Square) that specialized in jibarito sandwiches. My understanding from them was mashed plantains were used back in Puerto Rico because a lot of people couldn't afford bread (jibarito being a slang term essentially meaning hillbilly); but plantains grow everywhere there, so some inspired (and delicious) adaptations were done to make these awesome sandwiches.
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There are (or were) quite a few sandwich shops in the more predominantly Puerto Rican neighborhoods in Chicago (like Humbolt Park and Logan Square) that specialized in jibarito sandwiches. My understanding from them was mashed plantains were used back in Puerto Rico because a lot of people couldn't afford bread (jibarito being a slang term essentially meaning hillbilly); but plantains grow everywhere there, so some inspired (and delicious) adaptations were done to make these awesome sandwiches.
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Finn
great unique owner operated offerings and establishmentthanks for showcases so many unique, vested eateries. and the USA continues to be inundated with horrid chain eateries that can absorb lease rates at premium locations and continue to iluminate the landscape with hyper-bright gaudy signage while selling bland, genetic, crap to the masses by disinterested, non- invested staff through grimy, plexiglass drive- thru windows. madness
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great unique owner operated offerings and establishmentthanks for showcases so many unique, vested eateries. and the USA continues to be inundated with horrid chain eateries that can absorb lease rates at premium locations and continue to iluminate the landscape with hyper-bright gaudy signage while selling bland, genetic, crap to the masses by disinterested, non- invested staff through grimy, plexiglass drive- thru windows. madness
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adolfojp
So I live in Puerto Rico and while Jibarito sandwiches can be found on the archipelago you have to go out of your way to find them. They're usually thought of as a fad or a gimmick. It's always fun to see tourists and the Puerto Rican diaspora trying to order Jibaritos at local restaurants. The confused stares that they get from the local employees are priceless.
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So I live in Puerto Rico and while Jibarito sandwiches can be found on the archipelago you have to go out of your way to find them. They're usually thought of as a fad or a gimmick. It's always fun to see tourists and the Puerto Rican diaspora trying to order Jibaritos at local restaurants. The confused stares that they get from the local employees are priceless.
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William
How about other Puerto Rican sandwich like la tripleta, or how about tostones enrellenao con camarones o langosta or carrucho, or chicken or beef or pork. when it comes to plantain or green bananas in all Latin America no one has more dishes than the Puerto Ricans (Boricuas) we need to make a Puerto Rican style lasagna with plantain
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How about other Puerto Rican sandwich like la tripleta, or how about tostones enrellenao con camarones o langosta or carrucho, or chicken or beef or pork. when it comes to plantain or green bananas in all Latin America no one has more dishes than the Puerto Ricans (Boricuas) we need to make a Puerto Rican style lasagna with plantain
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LADY
Ooooo I think I'm in love with this plantain sandwich. u made it look absolutely delicious hot stuff. ;): )I've got to get me one of those sandwiches but the problem is where would u get one of those in London? well I suppose I'll have to look it up on the Internet? :)that actually looks like a type of posh sandwich. yum
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Ooooo I think I'm in love with this plantain sandwich. u made it look absolutely delicious hot stuff. ;): )I've got to get me one of those sandwiches but the problem is where would u get one of those in London? well I suppose I'll have to look it up on the Internet? :)that actually looks like a type of posh sandwich. yum
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Mr
Lucas, I know you don't always eat 100% of your dish. Why don't you make it a request for the restaurant to serve you half the food that you do eat, and give the other half to a homeless person or pass it on to make someone's day. I just fear that any leftovers could be going in the trash
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Lucas, I know you don't always eat 100% of your dish. Why don't you make it a request for the restaurant to serve you half the food that you do eat, and give the other half to a homeless person or pass it on to make someone's day. I just fear that any leftovers could be going in the trash
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Keri
I love fried plantains. I think I would totally into that sandwich but I don't think they have them here in LA. I like your perspective on food. it's nice to see a food writer who actually live and speak food so passionately. keep the vlog coming and please visit LA again
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I love fried plantains. I think I would totally into that sandwich but I don't think they have them here in LA. I like your perspective on food. it's nice to see a food writer who actually live and speak food so passionately. keep the vlog coming and please visit LA again
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TimeTravel
This is the Puertorican dish. No one make them more like Puerto Rico. Why when we invent something people trying to take credit like if it was made first in other places? This is a Puertorican dish and no one elses. We do the best food and ya copy, period.
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This is the Puertorican dish. No one make them more like Puerto Rico. Why when we invent something people trying to take credit like if it was made first in other places? This is a Puertorican dish and no one elses. We do the best food and ya copy, period.
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