Mofongo (Puerto Rican Green Plantain Dish)

Mofongo is a Puerto Rican green plantain dish mashed with other ingredients i.e butter, olive oil, salt & garlic. Served with sauteed veggies. There are other versions of mofongo where shrimp, chicken, etc are added to the dish. 

  If you are a Plantain lover, you will definitely love this! It's a most try, simple yet delicious 👌

  Ingredients:

4 green plantains

2 chopped red bell peppers

1 chopped green bell pepper

2 chopped onions

5 pieces of garlic (peeled)

1/4 cup chopped parsley

1 chopped scotch bonnet

Adobo seasoning

1/2 stock cube

Olive oil

1/4 tsp ground garlic

1/2 tsp ground black pepper

1 tsp butter/ margarine

Some salt

  Method

Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a pan and fry the garlic till brown. Remove the garlic from the pan and mash in a mortar. Don't forget to switch off the fire.

  Add 1/4 cup olive oil in the pan you fried the garlic, if the olive is not enough add some more. Add the mashed garlic and stir. Stir in all the chopped vegetables i.e the red, green peppers, onions, scotch bonnet and stir. Season with stock cube, adobo seasoning, ground black pepper. Cook for 5 minutes on medium flame or till the veggies are cooked. Finally, add the chopped parsley and stir. Switch off the fire.

  Peel the green plantains and slice into medium size. Fry the green plantains in another pan. When fried, pack in a strainer. 

 Pound the fried plantains in a mortar with the butter/ margarine, a dash of salt, ground black pepper, ground garlic and 5 tbsps olive oil. Mash well with the pestle. Pack in a bowl and flip it upside down in a plate. Add the sauteed veggies at the side of the mofongo or on top and round the plate just like is in the picture. Enjoy! © Asmie's Kitchen

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