Jibarito Sandwich Recipe with Flank Steak and Aioli

• servings: 12 servings
• active time: 1 hour
• total time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Ingredients

¼ cup of adobo sauce

½ cup of canola oil

1 ½ teaspoons of sea salt

juice of ½ lime

1 teaspoon of sugar

1 ½ pound flank steak

1 cup of mayonnaise

1 teaspoon of sea salt

juice of ½ lemon

1 large finely minced clove of garlic

4 peeled plantains (cut into thirds then sliced in half longways)

12 slices of American cheese

3 thinly sliced vine ripe tomatoes

12 leaves of green leaf lettuce

thinly sliced red onions

Directions

Flank Steak: Combine the adobo sauce, oil, salt, lime juice and sugar into a bowl and whisk together and transfer to a plastic bag along with the flank steak. Move the ingredients around so the steak is covered and marinate while prepping the other ingredients or overnight.

Aioli: In a small bowl whisk together the mayonnaise, salt, lemon juice and garlic until combined and refrigerate until ready to serve.

Add some about 1 ½ cups of oil to a 10” cast iron skillet and heat until it reaches about 350° to 375° and add in ½ of the plantains and cook for 3 to 4 minutes per side. Place them on a sheet tray lined with paper towels to let drain and cool for few seconds before mashing with the back of a pan or a tortilla shell maker.

Place the smashed plantains back into the fryer and cook for 2 minutes or just until crispy. Set aside and repeat with the other ½ of the plantains.

Once everything is prepped up add the flank steak to a very large sauté pan over medium-high heat and cook until a medium-rare internal temperature is achieved, about 7 minutes per side.

Set aside to rest for 2 minutes and then slice very thin on a bias and against the grain. Keep warm.

To Plate: Later up a fried plantain, American cheese, aioli, sliced flank steak, tomatoes, onions, aioli and fried plantain.

Nutrition

• Calories: 463 kcal
• Total Fat: 34 g
• Saturated Fat: 8 g
• Cholesterol: 63 mg
• Sodium: 2021 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 23 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2 g
• Total Sugars: 11 g
• Protein: 18 g