Mofongo is a fried plantain-based dish from Puerto Rico. It is typically made with fried green plantains mashed together in a pilon (which consists of a wooden mortar and pestle), with broth, garlic, olive oil, and pork cracklings or bits of bacon.
This version is completely vegan. It was delicious and everyone enjoyed it!
Preparation Details
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 45 mins
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 5 large green plantains, coarsely chopped
- 1 (8 ounce) can organic tomato sauce
- 1 small bunch cilantro, chopped, or to taste
- 2 tablespoons homemade sofrito
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, or to taste, divided
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 (.18 ounce) packet sazon seasoning
- ½ cup vegetable broth, or to taste
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
Steps
- Fill a 1-quart pot with water; boil plantains with a pinch of salt until easily pierced with a fork, about 25 minutes.
- Mash plantains with tomato sauce, cilantro, sofrito, 1 tablespoon olive oil, garlic, and sazon in a mortar or glass bowl. Incorporate the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil and enough vegetable broth to ensure that mofongo sticks together but is dry enough to easily slip out of a container. Season with salt and pepper.
- Serve mofongo on top of the remaining 5 tablespoons vegetable broth in a bowl.
