Mofongo with Fried Pork and Broth
This is a traditional dish from Puerto Rico. Comfort food at its best! Serves 4. Cynthia Gutierrez, Create Cooking Challenge: Easy Peasy entrant, Rocky Mountain PBS viewer
Recipe Ingredients
- - 4 green plantains, peeled and cut into 1" pieces
- - 2 pounds pork shoulder or country rib cut into bite size pieces
- - 1 quart of your favorite chicken broth
- - 4 cloves of garlic, crushed
- - Frying oil
- - Cilantro for garnish
- - Salt and pepper to taste
Recipe Instructions
- Soak the plantain in salted water for a few minutes. Remove from water and let air dry.
- Season the pork with garlic, salt and pepper. Fry until golden brown.
- Remove the pork from the oil and fry the plantain pieces for about 5 minutes in the same oil (now infused in garlic and pork fat).
- Heat the chicken broth to a simmer.
- Crush the plantain coarsely in the mortar.
- Divide into four soup bowls. Top with pork pieces, add 1 cup of broth to each bowl. Garnish with cilantro and season to taste with salt and pepper.