Question

Patacones are made from a food that's mashed up into a what?

Answer 1

patacones are another way of saying "tostones" and tostones are made from plantains. They are a fried plantain that is smashed.

Answer 2

Patacones or Patacón it is a meal based on fried flattened pieces of green banana.

The green banana is cut. Then it is flattened with a wooden mallet and thrown into a pan with hot oil.

It can be eaten only with salt or usually accompanied by vegetables with meat (the companion varies according to the country of origin