Mofongo is a traditional Puerto Rican dish made from fried plantains smashed with pork and garlic. Its origins can be traced to fufu, the West African staple. Like fufu, mofongo is made using a ...

While shooting his Food Network show, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Guy Fieri stopped at Benny’s Seafood in Miami to try mofongo, a Puerta Rican comfort food. “The chef pulled out a wooden pilón (a ...

A flavorful mofongo made with both ripe and unripe plantains, garlic, and crispy pork skin.

Mofongo is the most well known and traditional Puerto Rican dish. It is one of the most delicious savory plantain meals filled with authentic Puerto Rican flavors. It is definitely a labor of love to ...

My mom always makes mofongo on special occasions (or when she gets in the mood to really cook), and her recipe is super delicious. Mofongo is a Latin-Caribbean dish made with mashed plantains and ...

With the Facebookization of the world, trends flicker in and out on what feels like an hourly basis. While food used to be an arena where chefs created innovative, standalone dishes that would ...

Mofongo is a Puerto Rican dish, with Angolan roots. And, as Irma says, like any true Dominican, she can never get enough plantains, plus she loves shrimp. According to Irma, this dish represents her ...

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You can find mofongo all over San Juan. It’s served in high-end restaurants and dive bars, at pop-up kiosks and roadside chinchorros (stalls), each with their own style and flavor. But it isn’t just ...

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