Meaning & use
mofongo
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A Puerto Rican dish of mashed fried plantains, typically mixed with garlic, olive oil, and pork cracklings.
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The restaurant's mofongo was served with a side of garlic sauce and shredded beef.
She learned to make mofongo from her grandmother's traditional Puerto Rican recipe.
A note on using this word
Mofongo is often shaped into a dome using a wooden mortar called a pilón, a tool with roots in West African cooking traditions.
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