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Tostones: The Caribbean French Fry

September 15, 2015 by Talia Bunting 1 Comment

Remember how yesterday I talked about how I made ketchup to go with the tostones I’d been craving? Well what kind of person would I be if I didn’t share my tostones recipe? An awful one, that’s what kind, so here you go.

My First Introduction to Tostones

In 1998, when I was 15, I went back to the Dominican Republic (went back cause the first time I went was for my birth. That’s right, yo soy Dominicana). We stayed with a host family and they made the most delicious food of my life. I love food.

Every day for lunch we would eat tostones with ketchup, they were so yummy. I still have dreams about those tostones.

And since I don’t want you to live one more minute in a world where tostones aren’t at your fingertips — here’s my recipe.

Homemade Tostones

To Note About Tostones

This recipe will serve one. Unless you’re a delicate fairy in which case it will serve four.

As plantains ripen (turn yellow like bananas) they get sweeter. The greener the plantain the starchier and more french fry-like they will be.

The greener they are, the harder they are to peel. I usually slice lengthwise and peel horizontally. It seems to work.

Tostones and ketchup

Tostones: The Caribbean French Fry
 
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Ingredients
  • 4 green plantains (no hint of yellow, green, green)
  • 2 cups of sunflower oil
  • sea salt
  • ketchup
Instructions
  1. Heat oil in pan on stove and slice plantains into ½-1 inch disks
  2. Fry plantains in oil for a couple of minutes per side until golden
  3. Remove from oil and drain on paper towel lined plate. Then using a tostonera if you're fancy (or the back of a wooden spoon if you're me) smash the fried plantain and return to the oil. Fry until golden brown (yummy looking).
  4. Sprinkle sea salt over plantains and serve with ketchup.
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Serve with: Cuban Beans and Rice or Arroz con Pollo or Pork or nothing!

Drink with: Mojitos, always.

Filed Under: Appetizers, Side Dishes

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  1. How to Make Homemade Ketchup from Scratch - Talia Bunting says:
    September 16, 2015 at 6:49 am

    […] (stinky french creamy cheese) and accoutrements (pears and apples), and I decided to fry up some tostones. Not that those french cheese and the Caribbean’s version of french fries really go […]

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