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Mangu
Also known as: Mangú
Dominican green-plantain mash enriched with butter and topped with warm vinegar onions.
About Mangu
Mangú is a traditional Dominican mash of boiled green plantains. This profile fixes Clara Gonzalez's butter version with its vinegar-onion topping, while fried eggs, cheese and salami remain separate accompaniments.
Green plantains provide a mild, savoury starchiness and butter gives the mash dairy richness. The red onions add sweet sharpness, balanced by fruit vinegar and olive oil.
The plantains form a pale, smooth and thick purée that firms as it cools. Softened purple-red onion slices sit across the surface with a light sheen of oil and vinegar.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Mangu
Clara Gonzalez's Dominican mangú with butter and vinegar onions.
- Green plantainsStarchy mash base
- SaltSeasoning
- Salted butterSelected enriching fat
- WaterSmooth mash consistency
- Olive oilOnion cooking fat
- Red onionsSweet-sharp topping
- Fruit vinegarTangy onion seasoning
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Green plantains:
- Salt:
- Salted butter: . Butter selected from the source recipe butter-or-oil choice.
- Water:
- Olive oil:
- Red onions:
- Fruit vinegar: . The source names the fruit-vinegar category; linked to the broader vinegar route.
Origins & food traditions
Dominican Cooking identifies mangú as an iconic Dominican breakfast and side dish made by boiling and mashing green plantains; Epicurious independently corroborates the plantain mash, retained cooking water, fat and vinegar-onion topping.
Countries
- Dominican Republic
- Dominican RepublicCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Dominican Cuisine
- Caribbean Cuisine
- Dominican CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.