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 ...

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.

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 ...