Tostones – Twice-fried Green Plantains
Tostones are twice-fried green plantain sprinkled with sea salt—the perfect crispy, salty, tropical accompaniment to any dish.
Tostones are twice-fried green plantain sprinkled with sea salt. This crispy, tropical, salty side dish is found in Caribbean and Latin American cuisines. Today, I am going to show you how to make it.
For this recipe, you will need green plantains. You can find green plantains at your local supermarket or grocery store. I usually get mine from my local Mexican and Asian Grocery Stores.
If you prefer sweet ripe plantains then try my “Fried Sweet Plantains” recipe here.
Here is a short video on how to peel the skin off the plantains on the My Plant Base Plate YouTube channel. Give this short video a watch.
Tostones- Twice-fried Green Plantains
Ingredients
- 2 Green Plantains
- Coconut Oil
- Sea Salt
Instructions
- Begin by rubbing your hands with coconut oil and removing the skin from the green plantains. (see video)
- Cut both peeled green plantains into 23 pieces.
- Heat your coconut oil in a frying pan on medium. You can fill your pan with enough coconut oil to cover half of your cut green plantains.I set my stove to number 5.
- Carefully add in your cut green plantains one by one.
- Fry until golden brown on one side. Flip and fry until the other side is golden brown as well.
- Remove from the pan onto a plate covered with paper towels or a brown bag.
- Repeat until you have fried all your green plantain slices. Once done, remove your frying pan from the heat.
- Place your fried green plantain slices on your cutting board. Using the flat side a glass cup, smash all your fried plantains until they are flattened out, but not too thin or they will fall apart.
- Reheat your frying pan. Add more oil if necessary to cover your tostones.
- Carefully add in your smashed green plantains and fry until golden brown and crispy.
- Flip and fry until the other side is golden brown as well. Remove from the pan onto a plate covered with paper towels or a brown bag and sprinkle with sea salt.
Video
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My favorite way to eat Green Plantains. Thanks for the recipe
Absolutely the perfect crunchy side dish. ♥ Whenever I see Green Plantains I want to make your recipe.
This recipe brings back so much good memories of my grandmother. Tostones were a staple in her kitchen. As children we mostly ate it as snacks.
I am so happy that this recipe is able to bring back good memories. Thank you.