Jamaican
Pork and Plantain Recipe
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Jamaican Pork and Plantain Recipe |
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A great plantain recipe using Jamaican pork. |
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INGREDIENTS |
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4 green Jamaican Plantains |
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3 cloves Jamaican Garlic mashed |
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1 tbsp. Salt |
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1 quart Water |
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1 pint Vegetable oil for frying |
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½ lb. Salted Jamaican Pork Rind |
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PREPARATION |
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1. Mash Jamaican garlic with salt to a paste. Add to Water and stir well to
mix. |
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2. Score Jamaican plantains skin deep along opposite sides and trim of tips
1/2 inch at each end. Under running water peel off skin (makes peeling
easier). |
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3. Cut peeled green Jamaican plantains into pieces 1 inch thick and place in
Jamaican garlic water to soak. Do not discard garlic water when plantain is
removed later. |
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4. Wash, dry then dice Fat Back into ½ inch pieces. Fry in vegetable oil to
a golden crisp and drain well on paper towel. |
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5. Take pieces of Jamaican plantain drain well and fry in deep oil being
careful not to splatter hot oil. Fry to a deep yellow color (do not brown)
and drain off oil on paper towel. |
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6. Flatten fried Jamaican plantain on wax paper, rewet slightly mashed
plantain in original reserved garlic water, shake off excess water and
return to hot oil for 1 minute and drain off excess oil and place in deep
bowl until all pieces have been processed. |
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7. Sprinkle crispy fried Jamaican pork rinds over plantains and mash
Jamaican plantains together with pork rinds. |
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