Patacón Zuliano

Patacón is a very common side dish in various Latinamerican and Caribbean countries. You can easily find it at almost every food stall and in most small restaurants this Patacón zuliano or Venezuelan Patacon. That is a sandwich made with slices of twice fried green plantain, the Patacón,  instead of bread!

This Venezuelan specialty is sandwiched between two slices of crispy fried green plantain. In the middle, people add shredded beef or chicken, salad, grated cheese, boiled eggs, sometimes some vegetables, and a significant amount of mayonnaise and ketchup. The zulian patacon is different from the tostones and patacones in the rest of the country and the Caribbean area. Sometimes it is called patacón Maracucho.

The dish comes from the city of Maracaibo in the State of Zulia, where there are food places specialized in this type of preparation, there are countless street food stalls offering Fried Plantain Sandwich  (Patacón Maracucho) and each place is said to be better than another.