It consists of a cabbage salad (chopped cabbage, tomatoes, onions, and chili pepper marinated in vinegar and salt), boiled yuca, and chicharrones (fried pork belly or fried pork rinds), over a banana leaf.
[1] This dish is often eaten without utensils, and it is frequently served to visiting family and guests, as it is generally easily and quickly prepared.
Dr. Alejandro Barberena Pérez, in his 1971 book "Granada," stated that María Luisa Cisneros Lacayo, "La Loca," developed the recipe in 1914 in Granada, Nicaragua, and she named the dish Vigoron after seeing a poster advertising an early 20th-century medicinal tonic by that name (USPTO Serial 71068023).
In addition, variants of vigorón exist in other surrounding countries, notably Costa Rica, where the dish is quite popular.
However, a distinction is made in the manner of cooking: vaho is pressure-cooked (typically brisket), vigorón is not.