A jibarito made with grilled chicken

The jibarito (pronounced hee-bah-ree-to), a specialty of Aguada and Chicago, is a sandwich made with flattened, fried green plantains instead of bread.

It was invented in 1991 by Jorge Muñoz and Coquí Feliciano in Aguada, Puerto Rico, in their restaurant, Plátano Loco (crazy plantain).^{[citation needed]}.

Chicago restaurateur Juan "Peter" Figueroa^[1] introduced it at Borinquen Restaurant, a Puerto Rican restaurant, in 1996.^[1][2]

The sandwich's popularity soon spread to other Latin-American restaurants around Chicago, including Mexican, Cuban and Argentinian places, and jibaritos now can be found in some more mainstream eateries as well.^[3]

The original Borinquen 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.

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• Chicago culture

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• Plátano Loco
• Borinquen Restaurant
• Jibarito recipe