Fried plantains can be soft and sweet or salty, paper-thin chips depending on how ripe they are and how they're prepared. Crispy, starchy tostones are made from unripe green plantains that are fried ...

Plantains are everywhere, yet few people know what to do with ... and make guacamole to assemble tostones nachos. Another great way to enjoy tostones is to dip them in a tasty sauce. A simple aioli is ...

Plantain fufu, pasteles, rellenitos de plátano, tostones, mole de plátano ... yellow (ripe,) or when it is black (overripe.) Boiled, fried, or steamed, we love a nourishing and versatile ...

Other items to try include tostones (fried plantains), arroz con gandules (rice and pigeon peas). For something sweet, try tembleque (a coconut custard), pastelitos de guayaba (a guava-filled ...

There are so many ways to prepare and enjoy plantains in either sweet or savory applications, be it frying into the vastly different maduros or tostones ... chicken or other fried foods, it's ...