Puerto Rican here and I will also chime in that plantains are a cornerstone of CARIBBEAN cuisine (if you're also wanting to include places like PR, DR, and Cuba).

Dominican here (born and raised and living in DR). I'm super happy to see my country and culture represented. Plantain in all its forms is one of my favorites things to eat at any part of the day. Just a few pointers: When the plantain is boiled with the peel it changes the flavor of the plantain. It's better to peel the plantains then boil them. To pickle the onions, we just put the min vinagre. And the guarapo de piña, most people (if not all) just use the skin of the pineapple and we leave it in water for about a week to allow it to ferment. The ratio of mangú (smashed plantain) should be higher because it's the main part of the dish, but I guess the proportions are the American way... but I'm not mad, if I receive that plate with that much cheese, eggs and salami I'll be overflowing with joy.

As a Dominican, I approve this video. You may also add olive oil to the mangu. This recipe was more like 10 golpes. Amazing!

Glad to see my country’s food being shown more often. Love from Dominican Republic 🇩🇴

Plantains are the cornerstone of CARIBBEAN cuisine 😅

Great video, happy to see our culture and food celebrated. Just one nitpick, I feel it’s more accurate to call plantains the cornerstone of Caribbean cuisine, not necessarily South American cuisine. It is eaten in South America to varying degrees depending on the country, but it in the Caribbean it is ESSENTIAL!

As a Dominican i give this 5 stars!!!!! just a pro- tip add a bit of cold water to your Mangu to keep it from drying out if you will not eat it right away

Bro we always peel the plantains first,

I’m on a Costa Rican farm right now on vacation. The meal feels quite similar to what I’ve been having lately.

Thank you for highlighting my country. Couple of things: First, when pickling, you don't use sugar. It's a salt and vinegar mixture. Dominican Republic is Caribbean not South American. Did you keep the skin on the Plantain chips? Please no. 😬 A drink that would have been better would have been a morir soñado or something with Passion Fruit.

Use aceite de oliva instead of mantequilla for mashing! It gives it a rich flavor

You should be flavoring the mangu w some of the pickling liquid from the onions too

Mangú. Man-GOO.

4:07 “the los tres gulpes” 💀

So happy to see RD represented! My personal favourite is mangu de platano maduro with a fried egg (runny yolk) and two slices of queso frito thrown on top!

This looks amazing! I've never even tried plantains. I would love to make this and try Dominican food, thanks for this!

Bless my country made it on here. Dimelo , ¿que lo que mi gente? 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴

Def would recommend aceite de oliva like others said, as it helps add another level of flavor to the mangu. I would also recommend trying to make jugo de chinola helado, or frozen passion fruit juice as it goes great with the tres golpes as well

Please make more of these, he rules. Also I see you with the Matheson salt cellar/pepper mill (I have it too and I approve)

As a Dominican this video triggers me on SO many ways, boiling Platanos to make tostones? WRONG! Friying the "chips" with the peel included? WRONG! Like, WHAT! 🤣

This guy definitely did his thorough research before making this video, because he did and said almost everything perfectly. This is probably the first non-Dominican 3 Golpes that I would GLADLY eat. Thank you Babish Channel!! ❤ Much love from Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic.

I would add the morisoñando 🤤

Day 148 of petitioning Babish to make the Triple Fried Egg Sandwich with Chilli Sauce and Chutney from Red Dwarf

As a Dominican-American, this was absolutely fantastic! Bravo my friend

Lived in a campo in the DR for a few weeks this summer while I served in a clinic. This video made me so senti - can’t wait to go back!!

We help my mom make tostones around Christmas time and we just use the bottom of the mug to mash them!

Bruh I am Dominican and I got to tell you I've never seen a non-Dominican make this better

I *really* like this series and I hope we get to see more frequent uploads in the future 😊

When he showed the cheese and the platanos I got hungry😭❤️🇩🇴

Thanks for introducing your audience to all this Dominican deliciousness! Thanks for giving me my breakfast for today. I’m too lazy to make it rn so I’m gonna order some from the DR restaurant close to my house ☺️

This is blowing my mind. Man I wanna try all of this, this is brilliant!

The greatest thing about the US is diversity and this a great example of it. I'm Dominican and it makes me extremely proud to see Senpai Kai sharing our breakfast with the world. Long Live the US!!!!!!

I used to make Mangu for my mother in law all the time whenever she came to visit my wife and I.The only item i would leave out was the fried cheese since she said she was intolerant to it, then instead of salami i would use smoked sausage because i couldn't find Tropical or the more traditional salami brand,Induveca.I don't typically like making mangu for myself,but i do enjoy making it for other people.

As a Dominican myself, I’m a really big fan of this video, great work👍

Been watching this guy for a while, awesome to see him join the Babish universe!!!

As a domincan i love the representation. This is easiky my favorite comfort meal. Only complaints are youre missing some concon, and too much avocado. And your tostones method isnt how we make it. At least in my region. The texture is different with your way.

That ain't no salami dude.

A bump for the chef and a comment for the algorithm!

I really wish I could go back in time and experience my first bite of a plantain again 😋 it really was a cathartic experience for me.

Some people say the trick to have a smooth mangu it's adding cold water, but you can also add some milk to make it extra smooth ❤

I’m half Dominican and this was fire! Plantains is more of a Caribbean dish not South American (I know the Colombian on the coast and Venezuelans eat them but most countries there don’t)

So easy. Only 37 steps. I try it at home never

Dominican and Puerto Rican here And I think you should next time do some longaniza next time

Fantastic breakfast, bro did the plantains right, but I would highly recommend cooking those store-bought sausages more, you don't risk eating uncured sausage rare or medium rare unless you made them yourself using ingredients that you know were cared for properly from harvest to your hands.

You need to do turkey monkfish from Malcom in the middle

Wao, estoy super feliz de ver este video 😍!! muchas gracias!!! Saludos con mucho cariño desde Rep Dom

If you like a stiffer mangu, add some ice water!!!! It'll seize up some of the starches for a bit of a thicker consistency.

Dargonball Z and the Boondocks perfromed the fusion dance

Someone needs a basic geography refresher.

Love to see it, favorite series on KZfaq right now!

I used to work for a Major League Baseball team and we always had this as part of the breakfast options. I’d usually grab fried eggs, salami, and fried cheese, and throw it onto a bagel

That Son Goku/ Riley Freeman shirt is fire.

Ok rico plato dominicano me encantan

Los Tres Golpes! Love my Dominican breakfast and dinner!

W Senpai! I didn't even know he collab with Babish

as a (real) dominican, i can confirm that mangu is bussin and this one looks gorgeous

I live in the merrimack valley in Massachusetts, gets called a Tripleta here. I get it sometimes when i need something nice and heavy to last me half the day 🤓

None of what you described was "South America" That's like saying Australia is Asian cause its apart of the Oceania region.

i’m going to watch this when eating

Love your series Senpai! Keep ‘em coming!

Dominican Republic is not South America, its part of the Carribean and it is an independent country.

Bro, it does not take a full day to make mangu con salami. And you need to saute the oninos or beter yet gisalo with a dolop of tomato paste salt and vinigar.

Dawg i need to know where you got that shirt its so dope

I’m in Dominican Republic now and I had that for breakfast this morning

Thanks for this.

Make El Salvador now. The papusas with the casimiento 😩

I usually don’t eat eggs but I do eat plantains and salami

I love his shirt!

As a dominican. I approve this message

Kai on Babish?? Love to see it!

Wrong person but I would like to request boss hogs last meal from the old dukes of hazard cartoon from when they went to china.

We love the boondocks reppin

Great shirt and when i quit my job I'll try and make this

Gawd, please someone tell him Dominican Republic and El Salvador are NOT in South America!! 🤣🤣🤣

I'm sorry but the pronunciation is killing me. :/

"Save your fingertips, man, you kinda need them. To keep them from oxidizing…." What?

Okay thanks

Dooominicannn over here!!

We don’t pickle the onions, we fry the onions in oil and vinegar

this is amazing thank you for representing us!!!!

Woot woot!! Excited for this one

Mangu looks like you can add it to noodles.

Cool video

You should do the food from Daniel thrashers lin Manuel orders pizza video haha

Any links to where you got queso de freiri

Hi from New Jersey

avochados

That Huey shirt is super dope 👌

Um, excuse me a minute, I need to make a quick trip down to the local bodega. I'll be right back!

I love his Boondocks apparel

Tostones unite us all! ❤

Awesome 🎉🎉🎉

He smacked the salami 😂😂😂 looks great the food tho

I want to make tostones now 😫 my dad is cuban and we used to make these together but I think I've only made them once since I moved out, might ask my roommate to pick up some plantains

Looks delicious.

Anyone qualified know if you can make the mangy with sweet plantains too? Or does it just work with the unripe ones?

Wait, I was wondering why I recognised his voice? As soon as he said “johns” it all clicked. This is Senpai Kai isn’t it?! I’m not used to him not being inappropriate 😂 Edit: I missed the title

Looks AWESOME!

why does this man think a Caribbean nation and foods are South American? it's a Caribbean country and all Caribbean countries are considered part of the North American continent. I know this because my island Puerto Rico is pretty close to TDR.

Now I want one...