page_title: Tostones
hierarchical_section_title: Tostones
caption_attribution_description: English: Fried plantains "tostones" Español: Platanos tostones
context_page_description: Tostones are twice-fried plantain slices commonly found in Latin American cuisine and Caribbean cuisine. Most commonly known as tostones, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Cuba, Honduras and Venezuela, they are also known as tachinos or chatinos, platano frito or frito verde, bananes pesées, patacones and, sometimes, patacón pisao in Colombia.
context_section_description: Tostones ([tosˈtones], from the Spanish verb tostar which means "to toast") are twice-fried plantain slices commonly found in Latin American cuisine and Caribbean cuisine. Most commonly known as tostones, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Cuba, Honduras and Venezuela, they are also known as tachinos or chatinos (Cuba), platano frito or frito verde (Dominican Republic), bananes pesées (Haiti), patacones (in Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru, and Ecuador) and, sometimes, patacón pisao in Colombia.
caption: Tostones being cooked
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