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pantacones

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Baby Kato
Beautiful Shore Country, NB

When cooking with plantains you want them to be ripe. A ripe plantain is soft and sweeter, the sugars in the plantain will caramelize as they fry, resulting in a crisp crust, that is delicious. Unripe plantains are hard and bland.

(1 rating)
yield 4 serving(s)
prep time 10 Min
cook time 10 Min
method Pan Fry

Ingredients For pantacones

  • 2 large green plantains, peeled, cut into 2" pieces
  • olive oil, light or extra virgin, for frying
  • sprinkle of sea salt, fine

How To Make pantacones

  • 1
    Add sufficient oil to cover the bottom of a frying pan. Heat the oil on high heat; then lower the temperature to medium and add the plantain pieces.
  • 2
    Fry on both sides for three minutes per side. Watch carefully so they don't burn. Scoop them out and put aside to cool and drain on a wire rack. When cooled, using a small glass, gently crush the plantains, and re-fry them to your desired crispness. Place them back on the rack and salt to taste. They are ready to eat now...
  • 3
    Note: You can enjoy them as a snack or serve them as a side. Personally I love them with rice and peas or mixed into scrambled eggs with fried onions.
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