page_title: Mofongo
section_title: Mofongo outside of Puerto Rico
hierarchical_section_title: Mofongo / Mofongo outside of Puerto Rico
caption_attribution_description: English: The text and the picture talk about the mofongo and the plantains in Puerto Rico. This comes from a little booklet the US government published in the 1980s while Romero Barceló was governor. It was meant to attract tourism to the island. There is no copyright restrictions, and no writer nor photographer is attributed authorship.
context_page_description: Mofongo is a Puerto Rican dish with fried plantains as its main ingredient. Plantains are picked green and fried, then mashed with salt, garlic, broth, and olive oil in a wooden pilón. The goal is to produce a tight ball of mashed plantains that will absorb the attending condiments and have either pork cracklings or bits of bacon inside. It is traditionally served with fried meat and chicken broth soup. Particular flavors result from variations that include vegetables, chicken, shrimp, beef, or octopus packed inside or around the plantain orb.
context_section_description: During the 1960s many Dominicans who feared the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo fled to Puerto Rico and New York City. Mofongo caught on quickly with Dominicans living in Puerto Rico and New York City. Mofongo has become a flagship food for many Dominican restaurants. Moca, Dominican Republic is known for adding chedder cheese. 
  Bolón de verde is a similar dish in Ecuador. The dish appears much later in Ecuadorian cuisine. Plantains are boiled or roasted, mashed with chicarrón and cheese (queso blanco) formed into balls and fried. 
  Mofongo has become popular among Colombians, Cubans and Dominicans living in the United States and anywhere large numbers of Puerto Ricans or Dominicans reside.
  Mofongo has become popular in high end Latin restaurants and Pan-Latin restaurants. Mofongo with Peruvian ceviche, South American churrasco and chimichurri, Cuban ropa vieja, Colombian ajiaco, Méxican salsa verde and meat and so on.
caption: "Puerto Rican matzoh ball"? From a U.S. booklet promoting tourism titled Puerto Rico, U.S.A.
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