Fried Plantains
443kcal3.5g protein14.2g fat85.7g carbs~$0.86/ serving*Estimates computed from the ingredient list; cost uses average US supermarket prices. Not a substitute for packaging measurements or your receipt.
Nothing flagged in the ingredient list. The label is still the last word.
Restrictions
Diets
VegetarianVeganPescatarianNo porkNo alcohol
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Ingredients
Servings:
| 3 unit |  plantains (green for tostones OR black-ripe for maduros) |
| 1 cup | vegetable oil (for shallow frying) |
| 1 tsp | salt (tostones lean on it; maduros barely nod) |
Optional
Not counted above. The dish works without them.
| 3 clove |  garlic (mashed into a dipping mojo with oil + lime, for tostones) |
| 1 unit |  lime (for the mojo) |
Steps
- Prep6 minread the peel, then commit: green = tostones path, black = maduros pathgreen plantains peel like armor — score the ridges end to end and pry — and cut into inch-thick rounds; black-ripe ones peel like bananas and slice into thick diagonals; the ripeness you hold decides the dish you make, and both halves of this recipe are waiting
- Fry8 minTOSTONES first fry: 325°F, rounds to pale gold and tender — or MADUROS: 325°F gentle, diagonals to deep caramel, turned oncethe fork in the road — tostones' first fry only cooks the starch through, no color agenda, exactly like the fry chapter's first pass; maduros run their entire race here instead, medium heat and patience while the sugars go mahogany at the edges: rushed heat blackens them before the centers soften
- Prep4 mintostones only: each round SMASHED flat to half thicknessthe tostonera move — each hot round pressed under a glass or a mug bottom to a rough flat disk; the smash multiplies the surface that the second fry will crisp, and craggy edges are the goal, not neatness
- Fry5 mintostones second fry: 375°F, smashed disks to golden cracklehotter and fast, the flattened disks to a shattering gold — the double-fry paying out the same dividend it pays the french fry, crisp shell over a fluffy starch middle
- Season2 minhot: tostones salted hard (+ garlic-lime mojo), maduros barely saltedtostones take salt like they were built for it, and the garlic-lime mojo is their birthright companion; maduros want almost nothing — a whisper of salt against their caramel, alongside the catalog's rice and beans, where both plantain lives eventually come home