Green Bananas with Citrus-Garlic sauce

Guineos Verdes con Mojo

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
La Comida del Barrio

By Aarón Sánchez

Published 2003

  • About

This is a real stick-to-your-ribs dish that is a derivative of mangu, Dominican-style boiled and mashed green plantains. Mashed bananas are a satisfying morning meal, historically fed to field-workers before they went out to work a long day. It also makes a creamy side dish that pairs nicely with assertive meats like pork and beef. Fufu is Cuba’s version of mashed sweet plantains, with bits of crispy bacon and onions mixed in. In this Cuban-influenced recipe, hot mojo i