Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. First things first: Decide if you need unripe or ripe plantains. If you want them to be sticky and caramelized when cooked—like ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. First, start making your sofrito. Heat up some oil in a pan, and then add your onion, scallions, red bell pepper, and salt and ...

To prepare fried plantain, place the plantain on a cutting board (1) and start peeling it. This ingredient is very similar to bananas, but it doesn't peel the same way, so you will need a knife. Take ...

Many fresh ingredients go from unripe (inedible) to perfectly ripe (fantastic) to overripe (again, inedible)—and sometimes this all happens in the blink of an eye. (Looking at you, avocados.) But ...

Jamaicans typically eat ripe plantain fried or boiled as a side dish. This salad offers a fresh alternative—roasting it, which intensifies the honey notes of the plantain. The black beans deliver a ...

First things first: Decide if you need unripe or ripe plantains. If you want them to be sticky and caramelized when cooked—like maduros, which are sweet, ripe plantains fried in oil—you’ll need to buy ...