I'm Cooking Cuban Food Tonight!

[Ferd]

Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*

Plantains - you just slice them (peel them first?) and then fry them in olive oil?

pretty much. so long as you are cooking the really ripe ones.

Now if you have some that arent ripe. you fry them

smash them then fry them again. This is also very good and they taste more like a french fry.

[Ferd]

Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*

Plantains - you just slice them (peel them first?) and then fry them in olive oil?

In many countries that grow Plantains, the green ones are often used like a potato.

they are put in stews and soups, as well as like a french fry.

[Sherri]

Originally Posted by Ferd

pretty much. so long as you are cooking the really ripe ones.

Now if you have some that arent ripe. you fry them

smash them then fry them again. This is also very good and they taste more like a french fry.

These are Tostones!

[Ferd]

Originally Posted by Sherri

These are Tostones!

see there, i didnt know what to call them but I do know how to eat them!


I like em... with hotsauce!

[Scott Hutchinson]

Here you go.
http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,1627,...242207,00.html

[Ferd]

Originally Posted by Scott Hutchinson

Here you go.
http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,1627,...242207,00.html

LOL! Sourkraut and Polish Sausage?


this here is a thread about Cuban food Brother Scott. I am not so sure that Kraut and Polish sausage fits.

[*AQuietPlace*]

Originally Posted by Ferd

pretty much. so long as you are cooking the really ripe ones.

Now if you have some that arent ripe. you fry them

smash them then fry them again. This is also very good and they taste more like a french fry.

Originally Posted by Sherri

These are Tostones!

Originally Posted by Ferd

see there, i didnt know what to call them but I do know how to eat them!


I like em... with hotsauce!

These sound awesome!!

So when you smash them again.... I'm not picturing how that works. You smash them to a pulp, then fry them like a pancake? Reshape them? or...????

[Scott Hutchinson]

This is what I meant.
http://www.cubanfoodrecipes.com/

[Ferd]

Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*

These sound awesome!!

So when you smash them again.... I'm not picturing how that works. You smash them to a pulp, then fry them like a pancake? Reshape them? or...????

Cut the plantain in rounds (go with about a quarter inch in thickness? maybe a bit thicker?

Fry it.

then take a spatula and press it firmly and evenly until it just smashes flat but doesnt come apart.

then fry it again.

[*AQuietPlace*]

Thanks! I can't wait to try it!