Chicken Mofongo with Creole Sauce

Prep 15 min
Total 30 min
Ingredients 12
Servings 2

Puerto Rico offers a lot more than just athletes, music, and shows. Its recipes are truly amazing, as well. One of Puerto Rico's most well-known recipes is, without a doubt, mofongo. In this recipe, we prepare mofongo with a chicken stuffing and top it off with a delicious creole sauce. The taste of the Caribbean in a single dish. Have you ever tried this gem? MORE + LESS -

Ingredients

green plantain

Oil for frying

chicken breast, cubed

tomato, chopped

1/2

cup chopped bell pepper

1/3

cup chopped onion

tablespoon tomato paste

1/3

cup chicken broth

teaspoon butter

cup fried pork rinds

garlic clove, crushed

Salt and cilantro to taste

Directions

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1

Peel the plantain and cut it into thick slices.
2

Heat the oil and fry the plantain slices until golden brown and soft. Remove the slices from the heat and drain on paper towels.
3

Sauté the chicken breast and season to taste.
4

Sauté the tomato, pepper, onion, and tomato paste. (This sauce is called “sofrito” in Puerto Rico.)
5

Add the sofrito to the cut chicken and pour the broth over it.
6

Put some butter into a mortar, and add some of the fried plantains. Mix with the pork rinds and garlic.
7

Crush everything together well until a paste forms.
8

Serve the mofongo on a plate and place the sofrito mixture in the middle.
9

Garnish with cilantro.

Expert Tips

To save time, you can use ready-made fried pork rinds sold in bags. They add the necessary crunch to this recipe.

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Puerto Rico offers a lot more than just athletes, music, and shows. Its recipes are truly amazing, as well. One of Puerto Rico's most well-known recipes is, without a doubt, mofongo. In this recipe, we prepare mofongo with a chicken stuffing and top it off with a delicious creole sauce. The taste of the Caribbean in a single dish. Have you ever tried this gem?