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单词 tostones
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Definition of tostones in English:

tostones

plural nountɒˈstəʊneɪz
  • A Latin American dish of fried plantain, typically served with a dip.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As noted previously, before 1959, arroz con pollo and tostones (fried green bananas) were the standard Sunday dinner.
    • Suckingly juicy shreds of beef picadillo are pressed into chewy, barely sweet plantain cups to form delicious tostones rellenos.
    • Fried green plantains, called tostones or mariquitas, and ripe plantains, or maduros, round out the meal.
    • An excellent speciality of the Spanish-speaking Caribbean is tostones, for which slices of slightly unripe plantain are gently fried, squashed flat, and fried further until crisp.
    • Ripe fried plantains are called amarillas, green fried ones are patacon pisao, and they become tostones when fried and mashed.
    • Even the food sold by street vendors, such as grilled meat or tostones (fried plantain patties), is delicious.
    • Patrick likes tostones, too… we'd better fry up some plantains!

Origin

From Spanish tostón.

 
 

Definition of tostones in US English:

tostones

plural nountäsˈtōnāz
  • A Latin American dish of fried plantains, typically served with a dip.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • An excellent speciality of the Spanish-speaking Caribbean is tostones, for which slices of slightly unripe plantain are gently fried, squashed flat, and fried further until crisp.
    • Patrick likes tostones, too… we'd better fry up some plantains!
    • Ripe fried plantains are called amarillas, green fried ones are patacon pisao, and they become tostones when fried and mashed.
    • Even the food sold by street vendors, such as grilled meat or tostones (fried plantain patties), is delicious.
    • As noted previously, before 1959, arroz con pollo and tostones (fried green bananas) were the standard Sunday dinner.
    • Fried green plantains, called tostones or mariquitas, and ripe plantains, or maduros, round out the meal.
    • Suckingly juicy shreds of beef picadillo are pressed into chewy, barely sweet plantain cups to form delicious tostones rellenos.

Origin

From Spanish tostón.

 
 
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