MANGU (mashed green plantains with onion and garlic)

Mangu is a Caribbean dish originally from Dominican Republic. Usually they serve it with hard boiled eggs for breakfast. But for dinner or lunch is awesome but lets forget the eggs. For our vegetarian version we will need:

4 ea green plantains peeled and sliced

1 ea medium onion julienne

3 cloves garlic sliced

5 tb extra virgin olive oil

salt to taste

pepper to taste

First we peel and cut the plantains into slices. Put the sliced plantains into a salted water pot and let them cook until tender. Grab a saute pan put the oil heat it up for about  2 min. Sweat the onion put the garlic and saute until translucent. Set it aside. Mash the plantains in a bowl with a bit of the cooking water. Put the infused garlic and onion oil in the bowl. Stir it together season with salt and pepper to taste and serve.
Up to 4 servings.