‘Fritada con Maduros’

[Guest Nicole]

‘Fritada con MadurosÂ’ is a favorite dish here in Ecuador. Traditionally cooked in large bronze or copper pots and stirred with big wooden spoons. Cubes of pork meat including the fat are fried for several hours in bubbling pork lard until itÂ’s crispy on the outside. Not approved by any Healthy Heart Group but nonetheless an amazingly tasty dish. ‘MadurosÂ’ are ripe plantain/green bananas. They are often fried in butter and are wonderfully sweet and tasty. Along the side of the road or in front of homes in residential neighborhoods you can often find women cooking and serving plates of Fritada y Maduros. Something to sample on a visit here?

By ecua_gringo