Mofongo

Delicious fried green plantains mashed with minced garlic, pork rinds, and served with a simple garlic mojo for a scrumptious Caribbean dish that will become your new favorite! Ingredient notes: - Pork crackling can be made at home by removing the pork skin and fat from a joint of pork, scoring, covering with salt and cooking in the oven at gas mark 7 / 220°C / 425°F for 45 minutes or until bubbly and dark all over the surface - You can use bacon or lardons instead of the pork crackling You can use a small bowl to serve a nice mound of Mofongo and drizzle the garlic mojo around. Yummy served alongside a stew and a vegetable dish! Recipe tested and photographed by Miriam

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% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

First, make the garlic mojo

Step 2

Crush together garlic cloves and salt with a pilón (mortar and pestle), and put into a medium bowl

Step 3

Stir in fresh bitter orange juice, olive oil, cumin, oregano, and chopped coriander

Step 4

Add more salt to taste, if desired

Step 5

To Make the Mofongo

Step 6

Heat oil over medium heat and fry the plantains till golden brown all over (3-5 mins). Using a pilón (or pestle and mortar) mash the plantain, garlic, and cracklings together. You might have to do it in small batches and mix it together at the end

Step 7

Shape into 6 balls and place in small bowls

Step 8

Serve with extra pork cracklings (chicharrón) and garlic mojo on the side. Enjoy!

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