4 puerto fried plantains Recipes

oil for frying, plantains, peeled and broken into chunks, cold water, salt to taste

fresh oregano leaves, fresh thyme leaves, garlic, peeled, black peppercorns, olive oil, pork shoulder , skin intact, kosher salt, sour orange juice , or 1 1/3 cups orange juice and 2/3 cup lime juice, ripe plantains (black with streaks of yellow), cut into 6 slices each, vegetable oil, for frying, cilantro crema , recipe follows, rice and beans, recipe follows, heavy cream, buttermilk, chopped cilantro leaves, lime juice, salt and freshly ground black pepper, dried black beans , picked through and rinsed, bay leaves, olive oil, diced salt pork or bacon, diced yellow onion, minced garlic, green bell pepper, cored and diced, diced cubanelle or hot italian pepper, chicken stock, ground cumin, ground coriander, black pepper, grain rice, fresh lime juice, salt

olive oil, annatto seeds, yautia (root vegetable), peeled and chopped, green plantain peeled and chopped, salt, sofrito, (recommended my brand sofrito , alternatively, goya sofrito), ground beef, latin seasoning mix (recommended : sazon), garlic powder, onion powder, dried oregano, beef stock, (recommended , boxed organic), raisins , soaked in dark puerto rican rum, oil, for frying