Caribbean Pork Mofongo

When we were in Puerto Rico in December, we fell in love with the local cuisine.  Among our favorite dishes was mofongo.  Mofongo is primarily made of fried plantains.  There are a few ways it can be prepared, but I opted for the "pancake route".  I was so incredibly proud of how it turned out.  It was so easy that I'm sure I'll continue making and tweaking it.  Here's the recipe!

Ingredients

• 3 green/yellow plantains
• 4 slices bacon
• 1/3 onion
• 1 jalapeno
• garlic
•  salt
• pork loin

Process - Mofongo

• Cut the plantains into quarters, add to boiling water, sprinkle garlic powder into the boiling water.  Boil until you can poke a fork through them.
• Cut onion and jalapeno into tiny slices.   Saute with minced garlic.
• Fry up the bacon slices and crush them up.
• Add plantains, sauteed veggies, and bacon to a food processor.  Mix until well combined.
• Form into "pancakes" and fry in the residual bacon grease.

Process - Pork Loin

• Season and salt the pork loin as you want.
• Broil on both sides and then wrap in foil and bake at 350 degrees for an hour.
• Bake at 275 for an additional hour.
• Open the pork and pull it apart.  It should be quite tender now.
• Mix in your favorite BBQ sauce and broil until you get a nice caramelized flavor.

 To serve, put the shredded pork on top of the mofongo.

My mofongo.                                                                   Mofongo we had in Puerto Rico.

                     
                        I didn't quite get the structure right, but the      taste was on point!