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Plantains’ tips are cut off and boiled with the skin on until almost cooked through. The skin is removed and the plantains are cut into chunks and fried, flattened and then refried. Most Puerto Ricans use the method of soaking the plantains in hot water with salt for a few minutes before frying.
Tostones | Caribbean & Latin America With (debated) origins in either Latin American or the Caribbean, tostones are green plantains that have been cut into chunks, smashed into discs, and fried twice.
Sweet plantains are a Jamaican dinnertime staple and were frequently on my family's dinner table while I was growing up. The union of sweet, creamy plantains and bright, pickled onions is a ...
Roasted plantain sellers in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Fried plantain is a dish cooked wherever plantains grow, from West Africa to East Africa as well as Central America, the tropical region of northern South America and the Caribbean countries like Haiti to Cuba and in many parts of Southeast Asia and Oceania, where fried snacks are widely popular.
Unlike the mushier Caribbean and West African fufús, mofongo is generally firmer and crustier. To prepare mofongo, green plantains are deep-fried once unlike twice fried tostones. Next, they are mashed in a 'pilon' with chopped garlic, salt, black pepper and olive oil. The resulting mash is then pressed and rounded into a hollowed crusty orb.
If you’re in the mood for something new to change up your everyday lunch routine, look no further than Patacon Maracucho. To learn all about this tasty Latin American dish, we talked with New ...
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You’re no stranger to tostones, aka twice-fried green plantains. But have you ever tried a sticky-sweet overripe plantain? If not, the roasted plantains with chili-peanut lime salsa and feta recipe