Photo: Fried Green Plantains (Tostones De Platano Verde) Recipe
Ingredients
- Oil, for frying
- 4 ripe plantains, peeled
- Salt
- Garlic Mojo, recipe follows
Directions
Preheat oil in a fryer or Dutch oven to 365 degrees F.
Peel the plantains and cut into 1-inch pieces. Place into preheated oil and fry for 5 minutes or until they begin to brown. Drain them on a paper-towel lines plate. Flatten them using a Tostonera or the bottom of a metal can and fry again at 385 degrees F for approximately 3 minutes. Drain again and sprinkle with salt and Garlic Mojo. For softer fried plantains, soak for a few minutes in salted water after the first fry, drain and fry again.
Garlic Mojo:
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sour orange juice or 1/4 cup sweet orange juice plus 1/8 cup fresh lime or lemon juice
Chop up the garlic very thinly or crush using a mortar and pestle or food processor with the salt to form a thick paste. In a mixing bowl, combine the garlic paste and juice, and let the mixture sit at room temperature for 30 minutes or longer.
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By betsycuadrado
Rockville, MD
on December 31, 2010
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I am Puertorrican and this recipe is all wrong. For the tostones (as in the name of the recipe you use green plantains(unripe.This recipe is using ripe ones. Now,to make fried green plant. (tostones you take the plant and cut it in 1 in. rounds, fry it until golden,press it with a tostonera(or the back of a small plate, fry it again,done. Sweet plantains (ripe can be fried too, but are not called tostones, are called amarillos.
By ninalaboricua1_...
Bakersfield, 43
on July 21, 2009
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while livin in puerto rico with my aunt, this was one of my favorite recipes...we make them without the mojo...there is actually a salsa that goes with this that makes it 100times better..of course if u eat these without the salsa they taste rather basic...the salsa is tomatoe ketchup mayo and chopped up garlic..and the garlic is what gives it the tangy awesome flavor...try it and you will change ur opinion and realize how delicious tostones really are!
By lalaloopi523_98...
Miami, FL
on June 11, 2008
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My best friend was making this for my birthday this year... THANK GOD she only made 3. You need to use the ripe plantain for this or else you end up with a taste bud nightmare.
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