Tropical Foods Mofongo con Camarones
Ingredients
MOFONGO
¼ cup Tropical Food’s Diet Delight® Snack Mix; chopped
4 green plantains, peeled & sliced
6 garlic cloves, peeled & minced
1 & ½ cup canola oil
½ cup butter or margarine
SOFRITO
1 onion, diced
1 green bell pepper, diced
1 tsp. dried oregano
2 garlic cloves, minced
CAMARONES GUISADOS
1 pound medium shrimp, peeled & deveined
½, 15 oz. can tomato sauce
¼ cup sofrito
¼ cup red bell pepper, diced
¼ cup yellow bell pepper, diced
¼ cup green bell pepper, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
¼ cup onion, diced
¼ cup tomato, diced
Salt & pepper
Preparation
1
MOFONGO
2
Heat canola oil in a sauté pan and fry sliced plantains until soft.
3
Add garlic cloves, Tropical Food’s Diet Delight® and butter or margarine to the hot plantains, mash.
4
SOFRITO
5
Puree onion, green pepper, oregano and garlic in a food processor.
6
CAMARONES GUISADOS
7
Heat tomato sauce and sofrito in a sauté pan.
8
Add garlic, onion, red pepper, yellow pepper and green pepper; simmer until soft.
9
Add diced tomato and shrimp; bring to a simmer and cook until shrimp turn pink and firm.
10
Season with salt and pepper.
11
Plate with mofongo.
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About
On October 9th, 2012, Tropical Foods had its Flavors of the Fall Recipe Contest with the culinary students at the Charlotte Campus of Johnson & Wales University. This recipe, Mofongo con Camarones, was created by Andrea Defillo.
Yield:
4 servings
Added:
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 1:38pm
