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Puerto Rican Plantain Delights

Plantains are a backbone of Puerto Rican cooking, and this collection brings together everything from crispy tostones to hearty pastelón and mofongo. If it celebrates plátanos in all their stages, it’s here.

  • (terrazzo surface, two plates + baking dish) Two plates of pastelón served with black beans on a terrazzo surface, with the white baking dish and colorful flowers in the background.
    Pastelón de Plátano Maduro (Puerto Rican Plantain Casserole)
  • A slice of pastelón plated on a plate with the skillet with pastelon in the background.
    Sweet Plantain Lasagna (Piñon)
  • A white bowl filled with caramelized fried sweet plantains rests on a striped wooden cutting board against a speckled terrazzo surface.
    Amarillos (Puerto Rican Fried Ripe Sweet Plantains)
  • Overhead view of a single bowl of plantain soup with a cream swirl, bread slice on the rim, and wooden spoon on a blue napkin.
    Sopa de Plátano (Plantain Soup)
  • Guineitos en escabeche served in a bowl with onions and green olives, a traditional Puerto Rican green banana salad
    Guineitos en Escabeche, Puerto Rican Pickled Green Bananas
  • A hand holding a smashed plantain. The rest of the plantains are in a towel-lined bowl sits behind it.
    Tostones de Plátano (Puerto Rican Smashed Fried Plantains)
  • Close-up of Puerto Rican chicken paella with bone-in chicken thighs, longaniza sausage, pigeon peas, and sliced plantains, garnished with fresh cilantro in a large paella pan.
    Puerto Rican Chicken Paella with Sausage and Plantain
  • Bananas in a bunch are still hanging off the plant.
    Guineos, Platanos, and Banana Leaves: Puerto Rican Staples
  • Caldo santo served in a bowl with tostones.
    Caldo Santo, Puerto Rican Coconut Seafood Soup
  • Wooden mortar stuffed to the top with mofongo.
    Puerto Rican Mofongo Recipe
  • Sancocho served in two bowls, with the large Dutch oven full of the soup and raw vegetable ingredients decorating the table.
    Sancocho, Puerto Rican Stew
Woman holding a wooden spoon and smiling in a kitchen with hanging utensils and a vase of flowers on the counter.

Hola! I'm Zoe. I love all things food and enjoy cooking. I created this site to reconnect with my Puerto Rican heritage while living in the United States. This is a great place to reconnect if you are floating in the diaspora. I would love to hear from you!

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  • A slice of pastelón plated on a plate with the skillet with pastelon in the background.
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  • (terrazzo surface, two plates + baking dish) Two plates of pastelón served with black beans on a terrazzo surface, with the white baking dish and colorful flowers in the background.
    Pastelón de Plátano Maduro (Puerto Rican Plantain Casserole)
  • A white bowl filled with caramelized fried sweet plantains rests on a striped wooden cutting board against a speckled terrazzo surface.
    Amarillos (Puerto Rican Fried Ripe Sweet Plantains)
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