Recipe of Mario Batali The Best Tostones

Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, the best tostones. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Spedizione gratis (vedi condizioni) There's TOSTONES which you fry using green plaintains. Use the bottom of a mug to mash. These are salty & usually with some garlic in a bit of oil. THEN there's PLATANOS which you cook with ripe or yellow plaintain.

The Best Tostones is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. The Best Tostones is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook the best tostones using 6 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make The Best Tostones:

1. Prepare green plantains
2. Get cold water
3. Take peeled
4. Take kosher salt
5. Take vegetable oil
6. Make ready Paper bag for mashing plantains

It's common to serve them with Mojo de Ajo or Mayo-Ketchup (literally mayo, ketchup and garlic), but I personally like them best with: Mojo Verde (Pictured in these photos!) Dreamy, Creamy Avocado Cilantro Sauce, or For tostones, also make sure your plaintain is green. If its got more yellow than green, it might be too soft for this and is best to be held off for platanos maduros once they darken. Lastly, I know this may sound weird however, I'd say skip the garlic powder and go with real minced garlic from a jar. The best plantains for tostones are mostly green.

Instructions to make The Best Tostones:

1. Peel garlic and smash with the edge of the knife once or twice.
2. In a large bowl, combine water, salt and smashed garlic. Mix gently with your hand or a spoon until salt is dissolved.
3. Peel plantains and cut into 1 inch rounds and add to bowl with water mixture. Let it soak for about 30 minutes.
4. Remove plantains and dry well with paper towel. DO NOT DISCARD WATER MIXTURE: Set aside.
5. Heat oil in a medium to heavy gauge pan, on medium high heat, until oil ripples.
6. Put plantains in and cook for 4 minutes on each side.
7. Take out plantains and drain on paper towels. Do not discard oil.
8. Use paper bag for mashing plantains. If you have a plantain masher, you can use that. Some people use paper towel. I was taught growing up to use a paper bag and it has never let me down.
9. While still hot, place plantain on paper bag, fold over and push down with the palm of your hand. Then use a fork to slide under mashed plantain and set aside.
10. Place mashed plantains back into water, 3 at a time, for about 10 seconds. Remove and put in a colander to drain. Once you have done a quick soak with all the plantains and they are all in the colander, gently pour 1/4 the water mixture over the plantains. Carefully move plantains on the bottom of colander to the top and gently pour 1/4 of the liquid. You can now discard water mixture.
11. Heat up oil again on medium high heat.
12. Gently shake as much water out from the colander as possible. Then gently pat dry the plantains with paper towel.
13. Carefully place plantains into hot oil. Do not over crowd the pan. Add a few pieces at a time and cook for about 2 1/2 minutes on each side. It should be a nice golden color on each side when its done.
14. Transfer to paper towel to drain. Serve right away. Enjoy it with mayo-ketchup, mojito, hot sauce or just on it's own (my personal favorite). Buen Provecho!

Lastly, I know this may sound weird however, I'd say skip the garlic powder and go with real minced garlic from a jar. The best plantains for tostones are mostly green. Like bananas, they sweeten as they ripen, so if your plantains are now yellow with black spots, you can still cook them, but you will be making fried sweet plantains instead of savory and starchy tostones. Plantains are high in fiber and vitamins A and C as well as magnesium and potassium. Combine seasoning mix ingredients; sprinkle tostones with seasoning mix.

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