fried plantains

Name: Fried Plantains
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Latin American
Ingredients: 2 - ripe plantains; 2 cup(s) vegetable oil

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Vicki Butts (lazyme)

Grapeview, WA

Updated on Aug 17, 2017

Plantains look like bananas and are in the banana family, but they must be cooked before they can be eaten. If your plantains are green or yellow, they will need to ripen at room temperature until their skins turn black before they can be properly fried for this dish.

Rate

prep time 5 Min

cook time 10 Min

method Stove Top

yield 4 serving(s)

Ingredients

2 - ripe plantains
2 cups vegetable oil

How To Make fried plantains

Step 1

Peel the plantains and slice them lengthwise.

Step 2

Heat the oil in a cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add the plantains and fry them until they are golden, 2 to 3 minutes on each side.
Step 3

Drain on paper towels.
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