Mofongo con Camarones (“Mashed” Plantains with Shrimp)
April 28, 2009 by Meseidy
Filed under In My Kitchen, Main Course, Noshery Original, Side Items
Mofongo con Camarones
Wondering where I was going with my last post? Probably not, but it wasn’t for no reason. How to Peel Plantains helps us with this recipe. Last night I thought I would do some “down home cooking” and made Mofongo con Camarones (Mashed Plantains with Shrimp). I love mofongo it is one of my favorite ways to eat plantains, but it isn’t exactly figure friendly. Last night I decided I was going to make an effort to make it a little more figure friendly. I do not really know if I managed to accomplish it but it turned out pretty darn good, except for the fact that I was a little heavy handed with the garlic, so I will be cutting it in the recipe. If you want more garlic you can always add more.
Also, my initial plan on how to prepare the dish did not go over so well, so I had to make some adjustments to “save” it. Because of this my visual step-by-step “tutorial” is going to be a little incomplete.
Mofongo is usually made by cutting plantains into slices and deep frying them until they are cooked through. Then you transfer them into a mortar and pestle and mash with garlic and pork rinds. I tried to make it a little more “friendly” by baking the plantains instead of frying them.
