Crispy, starchy tostones are made from unripe green plantains that are fried twice, once as strips and again after ... and they are regularly served alongside popular Puerto Rican dishes such as arroz ...

If you want to feel like you’re enjoying a snack somewhere in Puerto Rico, then you have to make these tostones. The fried ...

Smash each fried plantain ... Soak the plantains in salty water for one minute; they'll emerge perfectly seasoned. Set them out on paper towels to drain. 5. Fry the tostones again for five minutes ...

Classics like tostones, empanadas ... Garcia’s specialty is mofongo, a Puerto Rican dish made with fried plantains which are mashed together and seasoned with garlic and other mixings.

If you see a plantain in your kitchen, what’s on the menu? Plantain fufu, pasteles, rellenitos de plátano, tostones ... Boiled, fried, or steamed, we love a nourishing and versatile ingredient.

Dining in Puerto ... plantains; pasteles are made of mashed banana (or yucca) and stuffed with pork, chicken or cod; and lechón is smoky, roasted suckling pig. Other items to try include tostones ...

said Ramos while eating tostones. Tostones are crispy fried green plantains. A staple in Puerto Rican meals. We sat in the left field bleachers at Oracle Park where he reflected about every step ...