mofongos

Noun

mofongo (countable and uncountable, plural mofongos)

1. A Caribbean dish of fried green plantains or yuca seasoned with garlic, olive oil and pork crackling, then mashed.
   • She uses broccoli rabe instead of aka takana (spicy mustard greens), shops in the Caribbean markets of her Washington Heights neighborhood for batatas rather than Japanese satsumaimo (yellow sweet potatoes), and has learned to love the local mofongo, the Dominican version of mashed plantains with...2007 December 26, Julia Moskin, “A Celebration of the New Year Ushers in a Bit of Japan”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original...