La Pena Restaurante in Chicago, IL

Caribbean South American Latin American
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La Pena Restaurante Restaurants with Address and Phone:

1 restaurant location in Chicago

La Pena Restaurante Menu in Chicago

Appetizers

Chicken Soup
$4.95

Homemade chicken soup.

Chicken Wings
$9.95

8 breaded and fried chicken wings, served with french fries.

Cassava Fritters
$4.25

Two cassava fritters stuffed with cheese.

Fried Calamari
$9.95

Breaded and fried calamari rings served with cocktail sauce.

Corn Tamale
$4.25

Ecuadorian corn tamale stuffed with cheese.

Plantain Turnovers
$5.95

Two ecuadorian green plantain turnovers, stuffed with beef or chicken.

Plaintains Patties
$4.25

Two fried green plantain patties stuffed with cheese.

Plantain Chips
$3.25

Ecuadorian fried plantain chips served with a mild tomato herb spice sauce.

Ceviches / Sea Food Cocktail

Classic marinated cooked seafood cocktail. Mixed with red onions, tomatoes, cilantro, and freshly squeezed lime juice. Accompanied with roasted dry corn

Ceviche Marinero (Large)
$27.95

Cocktail combination of shrimp, calamari octopus and fish.

Ceviche Fish
$13.25

Ceviche Octopus
$15.25

Ceviche Shrimp
$15.25

Ceviche Mixto
$18.25

Cocktail combination of (pick two) shrimp, octopus, or fish.

Salads

Chicken Salad
$13.95

La pena salad topped with chicken breast fillet, with your choice of dressing.

Avocado Salad
$6.95

Romaine lettuce, iceberg lettuce, avocado, tomatoes, onions and cilantro.

Fritada
$17.95

Roasted pork chunks, served with fried sweet plantain, white hominy, dry corn, salad and mild hot salsa.

La Pena Salad
$4.95

Romaine lettuce, iceberg lettuce, carrots, tomatoes and cucumbers, with you choice of dressing.

Jicama Salad
$5.95

Romaine lettuce, iceberg lettuce, jicama, radish, yellow peppers, red peppers and lime vinaigrette.

Seco De Pollo
$17.95

Choose leg and thigh or breast bone-in cooked in a hearty passion fruit stew, served with yellow or white rice and sweet plantains.

Meats

Churrasco/Rib-Eye Steak
$24.95

Grilled Rib-Eye Served with fried egg, french fries, avocado, white rice and small salad.

Pollo Apanado
$17.95

Breaded chicken breast . Served with white rice, french fries, salad and avocado.

Menestra/Rib-Eye Steak
$24.95

Grilled rib-eye steak . Served with white rice, mayocoba beans(menestra) and fried sweet plantains.

Carne Apanada/Rib-Eye Steak
$24.95

Breaded rib-eye steak . Served with white rice, french fries, salad and avocado.

Menestra de Pollo
$17.95

Breaded chicken breast . Served with white rice, french fries, salad and avocado.

Lomito Saltado Rib-Eye strips
$24.95

Sauteed rib-eye strips. Cooked with onions, peppers, tomatoes, french fries and served with white rice.

Chuletas De Borrego
$24.95

Grilled lamb chops, served with potato patty topped with peanut sauce, avocado, salad and white rice.

Llapingacho/Rib-Eye Steak
$24.95

Grilled rib-eye . Served with potato patty stuffed with cheese, topped with peanut sauce, accompanied with rice, fried egg, avocado and salad.

Churrasco de Pollo
$17.95

Grilled chicken breast served with fried egg, french fries, avocado, white rice and small salad.

Coconut Seafood Stew

Seafood stew cooked in rich homemade refrito sauce, coconut milk, and cilantro, white rice and fried green plantains

Encocado De Camaron
$24.95

Shrimp stew cooked in rich homemade refrito sauce, coconut milkand cilantro, white rice and fried green plantains

Encocado Marinero
$24.95

COCONUT SEAFOOD STEW cooked in rich homemade refrito sauce, coconut milk and cilantro, served with white rice and fried green plantains

Encocado De Pescado
$24.95

Salmon fillet cooked in rich homemade refrito sauce , coconut milkand cilantro, served with white rice and fried green plantains

Spaghetti

Seafood Spaghetti
$24.95

Sauteed seafood combination shrimp, calamari, scallops, octopus, with steamed vegetables over rich white sauce.

Basil Spaghetti
$11.95

Homemade basil sauce mixed with spaghetti and crumbled parmesan cheese.

Red / White Sauce Spaghetti
$24.95

Your selection of shrimp, ribeye steak, chicken, cooked in a tomato, basil and topped with parmesan.

Sauteed Chicken Rice
$17.95

Sauteed chicken breast strips, cooked with onions, green peppers, green peas, carrots mixed with yellow rice.

Seafood Rice
$24.95

Seafood combination shrimp, calamari, octopus, scallops, sauteed with red onions, green peppers, diced carrots and green peas mixed with rice.

Shrimp Rice
$24.95

Large shrimp sauteed with onions, green peppers, carrots and peas mixed with yellow rice.

Grilled Seafood

Grilled seafood marinated in rich garlic-basil sauce served with white rice, avocado salad and fried sweet plantains

Camarones Al Ajillo
$24.95

Grilled shrimp.

Pulpo a La Parilla
$24.95

Grilled octopus.

Calamar Asado
$24.95

Grilled calamari.

Pan Fried Salmon
$24.95

Lightly pan fried salmon fillet served with rice, fried green plantainsand salad.

Breaded Shrimp
$24.95

8 ounces of large shrimp lightly breaded, served with white rice, salad and avocado.

Steamed Salmon
$24.95

Steamed salmon fillet cooked in a rich blended refrito sauce with cilantro served with white rice and fried green plantains.

Combination Platter For Two

PARRILLADA MARINERA for two
$49

GRILLED SEA FOOD PLATTER. grilled sea food combination (tender pieces of octopus, calamari, shrimp) served on a hot platter accompanied with white rice, fried sweet plantains and house salad

PLATO ANDINO for Two
$49

ANDEAN MEAT PLATTER. Grilled meats-Rib_Eye steak, chicken breast, sausage and fried pork served on a hot platter accompanied with white rice, potato patty(topped with home made peanut sauce), sweet plantains and house salad

MAR Y TIERRA for two
$49

LAND and SEA FOOD PLATTER. Grilled Rib-Eye steak, chicken breast sausage, shrimp calamari served on a hot platter with white rice, mayo coba beans and house salad

Desserts

Flan De Coco
$4.5

Coconut flan.

Arroz Con Leche
$3.5

Rice pudding.

Maduro Con Queso
$3.5

Fried sweet plantain with cheese.

Side Orders

Maduro Frito
$3.55

Fried sweet plantain.

Papas Fritas
$3.55

French fries.

Aguacate
$3.55

Avocado.

Arroz Amarillo
$3.55

Yellow Rice.

Vegetales Al Vapor
$3.55

Steamed vegetables.

Menestra De Frejol
$3.55

Mayocoba beans.

Arroz Blanco
$3.55