Incredible PLANTAIN recipe - Tortilla de Verde

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: none

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor without dairy.

green plantains

🥗Healthier: zucchini

💰Cheaper: yellow squash

Zucchini provides similar texture and is lower in calories.

Peel the green plantains.

Boil the plantains in salted water until cooked, about 25 minutes.

Add achiote to the boiling water with the plantains.

Mash the cooked plantains while they are still hot.

Mix in the salt and achiote with the mashed plantains.

Form balls from the plantain mixture and fill them with mozzarella and queso tropical.

Shape the filled balls into tortillas.

Heat butter in a skillet and toast the tortillas on both sides until golden.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

Spice Level:

Allergens