Mangu de platano recipe, with scrambled eggs and bacon
Move over cereal! I like my breakfast of champions. This mangu de platano recipe serves one person. Increase quantity to one plantain per person for more people. What is the origin of the word "mangú"? Legend has it that during the first American occupation of the Dominican Republic, American troops were fed the divine boiled green plantain mash, about which they exclaimed: "Man... good!" while pointing to the plantains. Dominicans listening thought "man...gu" was the English name for the dish, so they started using it. It seems that this very Dominican word might be an Americanism. Or, the word could…