Name: Tostones with Creamy Garlic Sauce
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 5 minutes
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: For sauce:; ½ cup mayonnaise; ¼ cup ketchup; For tostones:; Neutral oil, to fry; 4 green plantains

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Tostones with Creamy Garlic Sauce

Recipe by Michael Kimball, Savory Spice Test Kitchen

All-Purpose Cooking

30-Minute Meals

The trick to crispy-on-the-outside, fluffy-on-the-inside tostones is to cut and smash them to just the right thickness.

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Serves 4 servings

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cooking Time 5 minutes

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Ingredients

For sauce: ½ cup mayonnaise ¼ cup ketchup 4 tsp. Onion & Garlic Tableside Sprinkle For tostones: Neutral oil, to fry 4 green plantains

French Fleur de Sel, to sprinkle

Onion & Garlic Everyday Seasoning

Directions

Step 1 For sauce: In a small bowl, stir mayonnaise, ketchup, and Onion & Garlic Tableside Sprinkle together until combined. Reserve for serving.

Step 2 For tostones: In a large Dutch oven or heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat, bring oil to 320 degrees. Meanwhile, prepare plantains by cutting off both ends and scoring the peel down the length of plantains on 4 sides. Try to only cut through the peel and not into the plantain. Peel plantains and slice into 1-inch pieces. In batches, add plantains to oil and fry for 3 min. or until light golden brown. Use the bottom of a glass or measuring cup to smash each piece of fried plantain to create thick coins, about 1/4 to 1/3-inch thick. Increase temperature of oil to 375 degrees and add smashed plantains to oil, frying for another 90 seconds to 2 min. or until deep golden brown. Sprinkle with French Fleur de Sel and serve immediately with reserved sauce.