Tostones Nachos Without Borders 🇳🇮 🇨🇴

Name: Tostones Nachos Without Borders 🇳🇮 🇨🇴
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 3 green fresh plantains; Oil for deep frying; Salt to taste; 300 g freír queso (any frying cheese e.g. Costeno); Oil for frying; 3 small ripe avocados; 1 large tomato, chopped; Finely chopped onion (as much as preferred); Fresh lemon juice (as much as preferred - always test taste); 1 small bunch of cilantro (finely chopped); Salt to taste; Tomatoes, chopped, cored and with seeds removed; White onion, roughly chopped; Handful cilantro, finely chopped; Lemon juice; Salt to taste

Bianca Mwale @bianca_eatsy

Zomba, Malawi

Did you know? Colombia 🇨🇴 has no borders with Nicaragua 🇳🇮. Of course we’d have to follow history and all to explain this, but that’s not the point. This is a story of a beautifully joint effort by my two Colombian and Nicaraguan connects 😉 to create an impeccable plate of food fitting for both their cultures and palates. It was a beautiful thing to watch and since you could not be there to experience this with us, I thought I’d share the recipe

This will be a happy memory for a long time 😉

Bianca Mwale @bianca_eatsy

Zomba, Malawi

This will be a happy memory for a long time 😉

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Ingredients

TOSTONES (FRIED PLANTAINS)
3green fresh plantains
Oil for deep frying
Salt to taste
QUESO FRITTO (FRIED CHEESE)
300 gfreír queso (any frying cheese e.g. Costeno)
Oil for frying
guacamole
3small ripe avocados
1large tomato, chopped
Finely chopped onion (as much as preferred)
Fresh lemon juice (as much as preferred - always test taste)
1small bunch of cilantro (finely chopped)
Salt to taste
PICO DE GALLO (TOMATO SALSA)
Tomatoes, chopped, cored and with seeds removed
White onion, roughly chopped
Handfulcilantro, finely chopped
Lemon juice
Salt to taste

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Steps

1

In a frying pan heat oil over medium-high heat until shimmering
2

Pry open skin to peel PLANTAINS before slicing them into equal sized pieces [atleast 1-inch thick]. Deep fry until softened (you should be able to piece through easily with a fork), but not browned. For this size it should take about 5 minutes per side
3

Drain plantains on a paper towel and whilst still warm, flatten each piece with the bottom of a saucer or cup. Fry again until crispy and golden yellow (roughly a minute per side). Drain on paper towels and sprinkle with salt while still hot. Set aside as you prepare the other components
4

To prepare the QUESO FRITO, cut cheese into slices of about an inch all around
5

Decide whether to deep fry or shallow fry and heat up the required amount of oil over high heat (feel free to use the same oil used for the plantains)
6

Fry cheese for 2-3 minutes on each side, with edges slightly browning (do not be tempted to over fry otherwise they will be chewy and tough)
7

Drain fried cheese on paper towels are you prepare the toppings
8

To make the GUACAMOLE scoop fresh avocado into a bowl, mash into a chunky dip with a fork. Stir in the onions, lemon juice, cilantro, tomato and salt. Refrigerate while you make the salsa
9

For the SALSA, combine all required ingredients to preference
10

ASSEMBLE snack by placing friend plantains at the bottom, followed by the fried cheese and topped with either guacamole or salsa
11

Enjoy 😉