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mofongo

American  
[muh-fong-goh, maw-fawng-gaw] / məˈfɒŋ goʊ, mɔˈfɔŋ gɔ /

noun

  • mofongos
    plural
  1. a Puerto Rican dish of mashed fried plantains with pork cracklings and garlic.


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These act as bases for such dishes as Puerto Rican mofongo, made with plantains mashed with pork cracklings, as well as Cuban yuca with mojo, a citrus and garlic sauce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Those flavors include pickles and mofongo, pork bao and jerk chicken, bodega coffee and pastrami on rye.

From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2023

I drove my assortment of pan — lentil, kimchi tofu, mofongo, beef bulgogi and Cajun chicken — back to North Seattle and decided to give them a quick toast in my toaster oven.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2022

He has resisted all temptation to dress up the dish, as if rejecting the idea that mofongo needed a makeover for its appearance on his particular D.C. stage.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 29, 2022

From this point forward, mofongo became my favorite Puerto Rican dish, one of the many reasons I can't wait to go back to the island.

From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2021

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