Tostones

Name: Tostones
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 3 green plantains, peeled and cut in 3cm rounds; 500ml vegetable oil for frying; 1 tsp coarse salt; garlic mojo sauce to serve; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 3 tbsp olive oil; 2 tbsp lime juice

Twice-fried green plantains — flattened and fried until crispy — the essential Caribbean and Latin American side.

Total time

25 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Mexican

vegetarianvegangluten-free

Ingredients

3green plantains, peeled and cut in 3cm rounds

500mlvegetable oil for frying

1 tspcoarse salt

garlic mojo sauceto serve

3 clovesgarlic, minced

3 tbspolive oil

2 tbsplime juice

Instructions

Heat oil to 160C, fry plantain rounds 3 minutes until golden but not coloured much.

Remove and drain, flatten each piece firmly with the bottom of a glass to about 1cm.

Increase oil to 190C.

Fry flattened plantains again 2 minutes until deeply golden and crispy.

Drain and season immediately with coarse salt.

Mix garlic, olive oil and lime juice for mojo.

Serve tostones immediately with garlic mojo for dipping.