Quick Tostones with Garlic Sauce

Votes: 2

Time: 30 min.
Complexity: easily
Servings: 4

Tostones are a snack made from mashed, golden-fried plantains sold by street vendors throughout Latin America. These crispy pieces with a fragrant garlic sauce are hard to resist! Plantains are typically double-fried, but if you're making them at home, it's easier to use store-bought, pre-fried, and frozen tostones.

The recipes use measuring containers with the following volumes:
1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

Ingredients for the recipe:

One package (540 g) of thawed tostones (fried plantains)
2 cloves of garlic
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 teaspoon cumin seeds
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes

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Cooking the dish according to the recipe:

Combine 2 cloves garlic in a food processor with 1/4 cup olive oil. Add 1 chopped green onion, 2 tablespoons white vinegar, and 1/4 teaspoon each cumin seeds and red pepper flakes; pulse. Fry 1 package (18 oz) of thawed tostones in vegetable oil until golden brown and crisp, 2 to 4 minutes per side.
Transfer to paper towels to drain excess oil and season with salt. Serve with garlic sauce.

Categories:

recipe / Simple and quick recipes / Quick snacks / Food processor / Summer dishes / Appetizers / Snacks with sauces / Vegetable appetizers / Food Network - recipes / Latin American cuisine