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Recipes from Havana Mania

FRIED GREEN PLANTAINS Tostones
(Platanos Verde Fritos)
Appetizer

Ingredients:

Unripe plantains (1 per person)
Frying Oil
Salt to taste

Choose a plantain with a yellow-green or all green peel that is hard to the touch.  Remove peel and slice in about 1-ibcg perpendicular slices.  If it is too difficult to remove the peel, first cut off the ends and then make 4 end to end cuts through the peel only and gently lift and roll of the peel.
Heat the oil in sauté pan or deep fryer.  Place plantain slices, cut side down, in oil and cook for 1 minute on each side until pieces are slightly soft but not brown.  Remove slices and press individually between two pieces of clean brown paper until somewhat flattened.  Return plantains to pan and cook on both sides until they are lightly browned,

Salt to taste

Yield: 1 plantain per person