Tostones [Recipe + Video] Flattened Fried Plantains

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 plantain (green, unripe)
• ½ cup vegetable oil

  with a high smoke point, like peanut, corn or canola oil
• 1 tablespoon salt

  (or more, to taste)
• 1 tomato

  chopped
• 4 sprigs parsley
• 1 clove garlic
• ¼ teaspoons pepper (freshly-cracked, or ground)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

Instructions

• 1 Peel the plantains (see how to
  [https://www.dominicancooking.com/how-to-peel-plantains]), discard the ends of
  the plantain and cut the flesh into 1 inch [2.5 cm] thick slices.
• 2 To fry the tostones, heat the oil over medium heat in a small saucepan, and
  lower the plantain slices into the oil with a slotted spoon. Fry the plantains
  till light golden (about 5 mins).
  
  Flatten the plantains using a tostonera [https://amzn.to/2Jp2eWh] (Amazon
  affiliate link) to about ¼" [0.5 cm] (I prefer thin tostones as they are
  crispier and stay so longer). You can also use the bottom of a big jar and press
  on a cutting table if you don't have a tostonera.
  
  Fry the plantains again until they turn golden yellow on both sides (about 5
  minutes).
• 3 Sprinkle with salt to taste and serve immediately. Best served freshly fried.
• 4 Make the dip: Pulse all the ingredients (tomato, parsley, garlic, pepper, olive
  oil) until thoroughly blended but not liquefied. 

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