Tostones (pronounced Toes-tone-es)

This is a very simple side dish from Puerto Rico (actually, I think it's from the carribian in general, but I learned it in Puerto Rico) Plantains look like giant bananas (Tastes NOTHING like bananas), but taste like potatoes when cooked BUT... the blacker the plantain gets, the sweeter it tastes. This recipe calls for a very yellow plantain.

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Yields: 15 PIECES

Ingredients

• 3  yellow plantains
•  bowl water
•  salt

Directions

1. cut right through the skin og the plantains and cut them into 1 inch chunks.
2. Peel the skins off and using the back of a big spoon, flatten the plantain down.
3. Soak all the pieces in water for 10 minutes and them salt them.
4. Fry them up in corn oil and voila, Tostones.
5. A Puerto Rican Favorite.