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Tostones with salt | Photo © CiberCuba Cocina
CiberCuba Cocina

Chatinos, tachinos or tostones

Preparation time:
15 min
Use:
This is one of the most frequent recipes in Cuban Food. It is uncomplicated, easy and quick to do. The only problem is that it has guard and custody, you will have to be careful because as they fry they disappear from the kitchens!!
Ingredients:
  • Green bananas
  • oil or lard
Instructions:
Green male bananas / CiberCuba Cocina

Peel the banana and cut it into pieces 3 or 5 centimeters thick. Pour them into the pan with the warm fat and cook until they begin to brown. Let them cool. Crush them with the same banana peel or with thick paper.

Tostones Process / CiberCuba Cocina

Almost as soon as you serve them, fry them again in hot fat. Sprinkle them with salt before serving. Some people prefer to soak the tostones in salted water before frying them a second time and not adding salt after frying. Either way can be used.

Tostones with salt / CiberCuba Cocina

Servings:
It depends on the amount of banana used