Cultivating Cultura Since 1997. Mofongo as such, mashed plantains with pork cracklings originated in Puerto Rico, it is a variation on mashed plantains or fufu, but adding the pork cracklings is original of Puerto Rico. it is not original of the Dominican

What is mofongo? Mofongo is a traditional Puerto Rican dish. Mofongo is a mash of green plantains, that are fried and crushed in a mortar with garlic, oil and crunchy pork rind (chicharrones de cerdo). Mofongo is very popular on this archipelago, and it i

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