In contemporary Puerto Rico, mofongo can be made from yuca, breadfruit and other tubers, but the classic recipe is made with fried green plantains and softened with stock, butter or oil. It has become a quintessential dish in Puerto Rican cuisine, one tha

Mofongo is one of the Puerto Rican delights made with fried mashed green (not ripe) plantains, mashed garlic and small pieces of crunchy chicharrón. It is mashed to get a consistency that is neither too soft nor too hard so that it can form a half-sphere

Plantain mofongo is thought to originate in Puerto Rico, and is a dish made from fried green (unripe) plantains mashed together with garlic and crackling pork rinds, also known as chicharrón. To make mofongo, the plantains are sliced and fried until tend