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Bolón de Verde

Name: Bolón de Verde
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Ecuador
Ingredients: 3 (green) Plantain; 120g Melting Cheese; 80g Bacon; 20g Butter; 1/2 tsp Salt; To taste Vegetable Oil; 4 Egg

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⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Green plantain mashed with cheese or pork, shaped into big balls, and fried — a coastal Ecuadorian breakfast.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Bolón de verde is green (unripe) plantain boiled or fried, mashed, mixed with cheese or chicharrón (fried pork rind), and shaped into a big ball. It's a breakfast staple of coastal Ecuador, eaten with a fried egg and coffee. Dense and hearty, one fills you up.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a cafeteria in Guayaquil in the morning, bolones bigger than a fist are served with fried eggs and strong coffee as people wolf them down before work.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Plantain 3 (green)
Melting Cheese 120g
Bacon 80g
Butter 20g
Salt 1/2 tsp
Vegetable Oil To taste
Egg 4

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Peel the plantains, cut into 3cm rounds, and boil 15 minutes until soft (or fry).
Chop the bacon and fry until crisp.
Mash the plantain while hot in a mortar or a thick bag and mix in the butter, salt, and bacon.
Work in the torn cheese, divide into 4, and roll firmly into fist-sized balls.
Heat oil in a frying pan and cook, rolling, until browned all over.
Serve with a fried egg.

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