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Patacones with beans and avocado

Crisp, salty and ready in 20 minutes.

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Serves 4 as a snack.

Ingredients

  • 2 green plantains
  • Oil for frying, about 2 cm deep
  • Salt
  • 1 ripe avocado
  • 1 cup refried or mashed black beans
  • Lime wedges

Method

  1. Peel the plantains (score the skin and pry it off) and cut into 3 cm rounds.
  2. Fry in hot oil for 2–3 minutes until pale gold. Lift out.
  3. Press each round flat with the bottom of a glass or a tortilla press to about 1 cm.
  4. Fry again for 2–3 minutes until golden and crisp. Drain and salt right away.
  5. Top with warm beans, sliced avocado and a squeeze of lime.

Recipes on Costa Rica Lime are home-style adaptations written by our editorial team (edited by Joshua ten Brink). They are not a restaurant’s official recipe, and quantities are a starting point: taste and adjust.