Tajada "slices" is a dish of fried
plantain
Plantain may refer to:
Plants and fruits
* Cooking banana, banana cultivars in the genus ''Musa'' whose fruits are generally used in cooking
** True plantains, a group of cultivars of the genus ''Musa''
* ''Plantaginaceae'', a family of flowerin ...
s that are sliced long.
Tajada
About.com It is a typical food of Caribbean countries as well as Nicaragua
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, Colombia, Honduras, Panama
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, and Venezuela
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. It is sometimes served with grated cheese.
See also
* Aborrajado
*Chifle
Chifles, fried plantain chips, are a side dish, snack food, or finger food of Ecuador, Thailand and northern Peru.
In Ecuador
The cuisine of Ecuador is based on different uses of fried bananas, such as the chifle, which serves as a c ...
*Fried plantain
Fried plantain is a dish cooked wherever plantains grow, from West Africa to East Africa as well as Central America, the tropical region of northern South America and the Caribbean countries like Haiti to Cuba and in many parts of Southeast As ...
*Mofongo
Mofongo () is a Puerto Rican dish with plantains as its main ingredient. Plantains are picked green, cut into pieces and typically fried but can be boiled or roasted, then mashed with salt, garlic, broth, and olive oil in a wooden pilón (mortar ...
* Patacón
*Tostones
Tostones (, from the Spanish verb ''tostar'' which means "to toast") are twice-fried plantain slices commonly found in Latin American cuisine and Caribbean cuisine. Most commonly known as ''tostones'', Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Cuba, Fl ...
References
Caribbean cuisine
Plantain dishes
Nicaraguan cuisine
Colombian cuisine
Honduran cuisine
Panamanian cuisine
Venezuelan cuisine
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