Here are some of my favorite Ecuadorian plantain recipes, this list is an ongoing project and I will be adding more recipes. If you have a specific Ecuadorian plantain recipe that you would like to see added please let me know in the comment section. I love plantains and while most of these recipes are good anytime of the day, my favorites are the breakfast dishes like bolon de verde, majado de verde, tigrillo, sango de verde, fried (or baked) ripe plantains with cheese, and green plantain empanadas.
Plantains are used to prepare many popular street food dishes like emborrajados and platanos asados. If you’re visiting the beaches in Ecuador, you will likely be approached by food cart vendors selling delicious bollos de pescado, corviches, envueltos, and other plantain specialties. Many Ecuadorian soups use plantains, both ripe and green, as a key ingredient. In my home province of Loja, we have a couple of traditional soups, repe and arvejas con guineo, that typically use green bananas, however for those of us that can’t always find green bananas, it is easy to use green plantains instead.
Baked ripe plantains with cheese
Bolon de verde plantain dumplings
Caldo de bolas de verde or green plantain dumpling soup
Chifles or plantain chips
Empanadas de verde or green plantain empanadas with cheese
Fried ripe plantains
Green banana (or plantain) soup with peas
Majado de verde or mashed green plantains
Repe lojano or green banana (or plantain) soup
Ripe plantain puree
Skillet ripe plantains with cheese
Viche or Biche fish soup with plantains
On my list of Ecuadorian plantain recipes to be added:
Bollos de verde
Buñuelos de maduro
Cazuela de verde
Chucula
Corviche
Emborrajados
Envueltos
Platanos pasados o dulce de platanos maduros
Sango de verde
Sopa de chifles
Tigrillo
Tortillas de verde
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Hi, congrats on your amazing web site! As a child, i was raised with bebida de arina de platano in guayaquil, do you have thr recipe
Thanks, john (Ny)
Could you add Emborrajados next? Just had them here in Quito and they were amazing!
Hi Laylita,
I love your recipes! I made encebollado today and it came out great. Could you please post how to make cazuela de camarones (or fish)? Thanks! Great website!
Hi Laylita:
Always look forward to your recipes. They take me home everytime I try one. I was hoping that you have the recipe for cazuela de pescado o de marisco it has green plantain in it. I have a rough idea of the ingredients but now sure of recipe or how to put it together. Would love to see a posting of this if you have it.
Many thanks happy cooking.
Patriciia