“Instead of bread, this dish uses two twice-fried and smashed unripened plantains to contain the sandwich’s fillings,” she adds. While Patacon Maracucho is distinctively Venezuelan ...

Here are five plantain-based dishes that highlight the unique tastes and textures of this beloved ingredient. Kelewele is a ...

The Boricua specialty — a heaping mound of mashed fried green plantains studded with crisp pork cracklings — has many incarnations across the island: drenched in tomato sauce, loaded with ...