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Nutritional Values

🔥350kcal
💪15gProtein
🌾45gCarbs
🥑15gFat
🌿4gFibre
⚖️300 gServing

* Per serving · 300 g. May vary.

Allergens

🥛 Dairy 🥚 Eggs

Tigrillo

How to order / say it
Say it Tigrillo — [tee-gree-yo]
Order I'd like tigrillo, please.
Locally Me gustaría pedir tigrillo, por favor.
Say locally

A breakfast dish of scrambled eggs and mashed green plantains.

Why try it?

Tigrillo offers a comforting taste of Guayaquil mornings, providing a nutritious start to the day and demonstrating the city's love for plantains in diverse forms.

How it tastes

Creamy texture with a hint of cheesiness from the scrambled eggs, and the subtle sweetness of plantains, this dish is both comforting and satisfying.

Origin & History — first documented: 1955

Originating in the highlands and embraced by coastal cities, tigrillo became popular in Guayaquil around the mid-1900s as a nourishing and easy-to-make breakfast.

Recipe

Ingredients

  • 🥕 400 g green plantains
  • 🥚 2 units eggs
  • 🥛 100 g cheese
  • 🥛 50 g butter
  • 🥛 100 ml milk
  • 🧂 5 g salt
  • 🧂 3 g pepper

Method

  1. 1 Boil and mash plantains.
  2. 2 Scramble eggs with cheese.
  3. 3 Combine plantains and eggs, season to taste.

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