Traditional tostones are green plantains fried, flattened and fried again until golden and crisp.
To make them more flavourful, I wanted to top them with a simple tropical-style salsa of avocado, prawns
and mango.
Plantain is a kind of banana: like bananas, it grows in tropical regions the world over. But compared with
an ordinary banana, it's larger, starchier and less sweet.
The tostones recipe is separate: make it
first, and spoon the salsa on at the last moment so the crispness holds.
Tostones with Tropical Salsa
Plantain tostones topped with a fresh avocado, prawn and mango salsa dressed with lemon juice.
Prep
15 min
Cook
aucune
Total time
15 min
Course: Snack
Cuisine: Caribbean
Keyword: Tostones with tropical salsa
Calories:
Ingredients
Servings:
4
servings
Instructions
- Make the tostones.
- Dice the avocado and mango small. Halve any large prawns. Finely chop the coriander.
- Put everything into a bowl and dress with the lemon juice.
- Spoon a teaspoon of salsa onto each tostone. Eat while fresh.
Nutrition (per serving)
Tips
- Top them at the last moment: the salsa softens tostones within minutes.
- The lemon juice goes onto the avocado first, to keep it from browning.
- A barely ripe mango dices better than a very ripe one.
- A teaspoon per tostone is enough: overloaded, it breaks at the first bite.