The patacones o tostones son uno de los acompañantes más populares de la gastronomía colombiana, estos ricos fritos de plátano suelen consumirse en toda Colombia y son parte de gran parte de las recetas de la cocina colombiana.
(Conozca también: Receta de Bollo de maíz)
Los patacones pueden consumirse solos o acompañados con salsas, sueros o aderezos, aquí te enseñaremos el paso a paso de cómo hacer unos sabrosos patacones o tostones al mejor estilo colombiano, para que los prepares desde la comodidad de tu hogar.
Receta de Patacones (tostones)
Utensilios y Equipos
- Pataconera (optional)
Ingredients
- 4 green bananas
- enough oil to fry
- Salt (al gusto)
- Garlic (optional)
Step by step preparation
- The first thing you need to do is prepare the ingredients, the bananas must be peeled and cut into three pieces.
- Heat the oil and fry until you notice that they begin to brown.
- Then they are taken out and crushed one by one with the help of a potato chipper. If you don't have one, you can use a wooden board and a plastic bag. (Preferably they should be crushed while they are hot).
- Luego se pasan por agua con sal, (si lo desean pueden hacer una mezcla con agua, ajo machacado y sal) los escurre y los coloca nuevamente en el aceite (debe tener cuidado de no quemarse ya que el agua suele reaccionar mal con el aceite).
- When you see that they have a good golden color and a crispy texture, take them out and let them drain.
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Interesting Facts
- You can also make this recipe with yellow bananas.
- Generally on the Caribbean coast of the country they are usually consumed accompanied by serum, cheese and different stews.
- There is a song called “Patacón Pisa'o” from 1985 by the Cartagena singer Juan Carlos Colonel composed by Ramón A. Chaverra that shows the importance of this food in coastal culture.
- The green banana has a high level of fiber.
- Green banana also has Vitamins (B complex) and Minerals (calcium, magnesium).
- Patacones are also known as “Tostones”.
Other recipes that might interest you
- Yuca cocida o hervida
- Plátano cocido o Hervido
- Papas hervidas
- Huevos cocidos o duros
- Huevos revueltos
- Huevos fritos
- Huevos Pericos
- Tajadas de Plátano maduro
- Tajadas de Plátano verde
- Yuca frita
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