Nicaragua Food: Vigoron

Recipe of Vigorón from Nicaragua

This is a very popular recipe from Nicaragua.  It is often eaten as breakfast and also as a snack at night before going to bed!   They love it, and usually serve it over a banana leaf.

As usual, other Central American countries share the love for this dish.

Ingredients:

3 pounds of yucca
½ pound of fried pork rinds
banana leaves

Curtido (see our recipe)

Procedure:

Peel the yucca and boil in, in large pieces, with abundant water and salt.  Let it be cooked until it is tender.  It takes about 50 minutes.
Place a portion of yucca in the middle of a banana leaf.
Put pork rinds over it.
Cover this with a portion of Curtido.
You can also do this on a dish or even using a large loaf of bread as a dish.
Serve it  and enjoy it!