Turkey with Plantain Stuffing (Pavo Relleno de Mofongo)
This recipe for pavo relleno de mofongo was submitted by Brenda Ortiz Valle, who said the following: "This recipe is my mom's, Aida E Valle, special Turkey recipe. The best I have tasted in my life!!"
Total Time
5 hours
3 medium to large green plantains
2 cups canola oil
1 large tomato, diced
1 red bell pepper, cut into Ā½-inch squares
1 green bell pepper, cut into Ā½-inch squares
2 cloves of garlic, minced
Ā¼ cup olive oil
2 tbsp adobo
Ā½ cup olive oil
Ā¼ cup red wine vinegar
2 tbsp adobo
2 tbsp oregano
1 tbsp salt
1 tbsp of ground pepper
2 packages of ground "cubitos" (Cubitos en polvoāchicken bouillon cubes)
2 packages of uncolored sazon (sazon sin achioteāuncolored seasoned salt. Goya is a typical brand.)
4 large cloves of garlic, minced
1 whole turkey (15 lbs)
Peel plantains and slice into 1-inch chunks.
Add 2 cups canola oil to a medium-size frying pan. Set stove to medium-high and heat the frying pan for about 5 minutes.
5 minutes
Add plantains and fry until they are golden brown. Drain them on paper towels or brown paper bags.
Squash plantains one-by-one using a mortar, and place into a medium size bowl.
Add, tomato, red and green pepper, garlic, olive oil, and adobo to the bowl containing the squashed plantains, then mix.
In a small bowl mix olive oil, red wine vinegar, adobo, oregano, salt, ground pepper, "cubitos", "sazon", and garlic.
With a sharp knife, make incisions in different places of the turkey.
Use seasoning mixture to season whole turkey, inside and out. If you need more seasoning mix, repeat first step.
Cover turkey with aluminum foil and refrigerate until it absorbs the seasoning, at least 2ā4 hours, preferably overnight.
2ā4 hours
Preheat oven to 350Ā°F (175Ā°C).
Fill turkey with plantain filling. Cover, the turkey filling opening with kitchen thread.[1]
Cover turkey with aluminum foil and place turkey in preheated oven.
Leave turkey within the first 2 hours without removing aluminum foil. After 2 hours, remove aluminum foil and turn in Ā½ hour intervals for two hours. Use the turkey drippings to moist turkey while cooking.
2 hours
Set oven to broil for 20 minutes each side.
20 minutes
- ā¢ā Alton Brown shows how to truss a turkey here: http://www.foodnetwork.com/videos/how-to-truss-a-turkey/27751.html