Patacones

Patacones is a dish that is made of green bananas. It is served as a side dish or as a snack between meals.

The method of preparation:

1. Create a container with water, garlic and salt, after your taste.
   
    
2. Cut the green banana into pieces of about 10 cm.
   
    
3. Fry them in oil. Bake until a they gain a bit of darker yellow color. Remove them from the oil.
   
    
4. Now crush the fried banana now between two boards. Or with a special tool such as on the picture.
   
    
5. Dip the now flattened banana in the water with the garlic and salt.
   
    
6. After a minute you fry them again until they are darker yellow. That is it in short, the time depends on the temperature of the oil.
   
    
7. Now let it drain on a paper towel.