Plantains for bread · Humboldt Park original
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Although it is a Puerto Rican sandwich, it was invented in Chicago: Juan Figueroa got the idea from a newspaper story about a plantain sandwich in Aguada, Puerto Rico. The name means 'little yokel'.
Two flattened, twice-fried green plantains stand in for the bread, holding thin steak, lettuce, tomato, cheese and garlicky mayonnaise; ordered at Puerto Rican counters and eaten by hand.
Why it's made this way: Juan 'Peter' Figueroa put it on the menu at Borinquen Restaurant in Humboldt Park in 1996, building on the twice-fried plantains known in Puerto Rico as tostones.
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