Vegan Mofongo (Fried Mashed Plantains)
Description
Mofongo is a Puerto Rican plantain dish. Make this healthier, vegan version by mashing boiled plantains with a savory tomato-sofrito sauce.
Ingredients
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5 large green plantains, coarsely chopped
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1 (8 ounce) can organic tomato sauce
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1 small bunch cilantro, chopped, or to taste
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2 tablespoons homemade sofrito
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2 tablespoons olive oil, or to taste, divided
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1 clove garlic, minced
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1 (2/11 ounce) packet sazon seasoning
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1/2 cup vegetable broth, or to taste
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salt and ground black pepper to taste
Directions
1
Fill a 1-quart pot with water; boil plantains with a pinch of salt until easily pierced with a fork, about 25 minutes.
2
Mash plantains with tomato sauce, cilantro, sofrito, 1 tablespoon olive oil, garlic, and sazon in a mortar or glass bowl. Incorporate the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil and enough vegetable broth to ensure that mofongo sticks together but is dry enough to easily slip out of a container. Season with salt and pepper.
3
Serve mofongo on top of the remaining 5 tablespoons vegetable broth in a bowl.