Street Staple · Fried Plantain & Chicken
Pollo con Tajadas (Pollo Chuco)
📷 Closely related photo — Photo: Juan Emilio Prades Bel / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
Locals affectionately nicknamed it 'pollo chuco' — literally 'dirty chicken' — a badge of honor for how messy and satisfying it is to eat.
Crispy fried chicken is piled onto tajadas — thin, fried slices of green plantain — and topped with a vinegary shredded-cabbage salad and tomato salsa. It's assembled fresh at street stands, especially around San Pedro Sula.
Why it's made this way: The dish grew out of northern Honduras's street-stand culture, pairing fried plantain, a cheap and abundant crop, with fried chicken to stretch a filling, affordable meal for workers on the move.
Roughly what's in it
650kcal
30gprotein
55gcarbs
35gfat
Estimated per typical street-vendor portion — not lab-tested.
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