Try this Caribbean recipe with Manchego cheese and a spicy salsa verde.
By Michelle Tchea
Recipes and Images from Caribbean Potluck by Suzanne Rousseau and Michelle Rousseau (c) 2014 Kyle Books, and the photographs (c) Ellen Silverman
To whisk you away to the Caribbean, without actually leaving your apartment, here is a delicious recipe from two sisters, Michelle and Suzanne Rousseau. This should be thee Ultimate Tailgate Party food for the Superbowl!!
Ultimate Super Bowl Food: Twice-Fried Plantains
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 large green plantains
- about 3 cups vegetable or coconut oil
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 large avocado, pitted and sliced
- 1 bunch scallions, chopped
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice, or to taste
- 4 ounces Manchego cheese, grated (about 1 cup)
- 1 bunch chopped fresh cilantro
- 1/4 cup Spicy West Indian Salsa Verde (found on page 122 in their cookbook)
Instructions
- Cut off both ends of each plantain and, with the tip of a paring
- knife, score lengthwise along the ridges of the plantain skin; peel
- away the skin. Cut the plantains into 2-inch-thick pieces and
- sprinkle with salt.
- Heat about 4 inches oil in a large pot over high heat. Once the
- oil is very hot, drop the plantain pieces into the oil and fry for
- about 2 minutes. Transfer the plantains to a plate lined with paper
- towels to drain. Reserve the oil in the pot.
- Spread a clean dish cloth on a work surface, place 1 piece of
- fried plantain on the cloth, and fold the cloth over the plantain;
- press hard with the heel of your hand to flatten the plantain to
- about 1/2 inch thick. Repeat with the remaining pieces of plantain.
- Once all the plantains are pressed, heat the oil up again and fry
- the plantains for 3 minutes more, or until golden brown. Transfer
- to a plate lined with fresh paper towels to drain. Season with salt.
- In a small bowl, mash together the avocado with the scallions, a
- pinch of salt and the lime juice.
- Place some mashed avocado on top of each pressed plantain and
- top with cheese, cilantro and a generous drizzle of spicy salsa
- verde.
- Category: Appitizer
- Cuisine: Caribbean
Twice-Fried Plantains
The recipe for Twice-Fried Plantain looks very good. I can hardly wait to try it out. You recommend green Plantains. Green plantain looks white when skinned. When the plantain skin turns yellow, the fruit turns yellow. When the skin turns black, the fruit is yellow and soft. In the picture in the recipe the plantain slices look yellow. I will Appreciate if you respond to my concern.
Chacko Pulparampil