Mangú

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Mangú
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Origin
Place of origin Dominican Republic
Details
Course served main course or side dish
Main ingredient(s) Green plantains
Variations Mofongo, Fufu, Tacacho, Cayeye

Mangú is a Dominican traditional side dish served for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

Etymology

The word came after a US marine exclaimed "Man, good!" after eating mashed plantains during the first United States invasion of the Dominican Republic.[1]

Description

Mangú is made up of boiled green plantains. The plantains are then mashed with the water in which they were boiled. The dish is topped with sauteed red onions that have been cooked with apple cider vinegar. Queso Frito (fried cheese), fried salami, eggs, or avocado are often added as side dishes. Los tres golpes, literally "the three hits," is a term meaning mangú with cheese, salami, and eggs.

Origin

Boiled mashed plantains can be traced back to Africans in the Congo region who came to the island during the height of the slave trade. The original word was something akin to mangusi and referred to almost any root vegetable that was boiled and mashed.

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References

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Garth, Hanna 2013 Food and Identity in the Caribbean. London and New York: Bloomsbury. http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/food-and-identity-in-the-caribbean-9780857853592/

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