DISH RESEARCH · Breakfast
Bolón de Verde
Coastal Ecuadorian green-plantain balls with cheese and a crisp exterior.
About Bolón de Verde
Bolón de verde is a green-plantain dish associated with Ecuador’s coast. Layla Pujol’s recipe offers several fillings; this profile selects the classic cheese version and the pork-fat option.
The plantain surrounds crumbled cheese, with ground cumin and hot ground chile providing seasoning. The dairy filling brings a savoury contrast to the substantial plantain, while the selected fat adds richness.
Pujol’s preferred final frying gives the rounded bolones a crisp exterior. She presents them hot, with coffee and a fried egg among the suggested accompaniments.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk.
Optional additions: Egg.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Bolón de Verde
Layla Pujol’s coastal Ecuadorian cheese bolón de verde with pork fat.
- Green plantainsBase
- Pork fatCooking medium
- Canola oilCooking medium
- Ground hot chileSeasoning
- Ground cuminSeasoning
- Crumbled cheeseFilling
- SaltSeasoning
- Cold water for peelingCooking medium · Optional peeling · Optional
- CoffeeAccompaniment · Optional serving · Optional
- Fried eggAccompaniment · Optional serving · Optional
- Ají sauceAccompaniment · Optional serving · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Green plantains: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Pork fat: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Selected instead of butter.
- Canola oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Selected instead of sunflower oil.
- Ground hot chile: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader ground-chile identity only; exact variety/formula unspecified.
- Ground cumin: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Crumbled cheese: Milk. Cheese branch selected; style and product formula unspecified.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cold water for peeling (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit recommended peeling medium, not claimed consumed.
- Coffee (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Exact drink formula unspecified.
- Fried egg (optional): Egg. Named cooked-egg accompaniment; frying medium/formula not given.
- Ají sauce (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Narrative table accompaniment; exact sauce formula not supplied.
Origins & food traditions
Cuisines & regions
- Ecuadorian Cuisine
- Ecuadorian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Coastal Ecuadorian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.