homemade mariquitas.aka fried green plantain chips

Name: Homemade Mariquitas.AKA Fried Green Plantain Chips
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Cuisine: Cuban
Ingredients: 2 - green plantains,peeled; 1 cup(s) vegetable or canola oil; 3 - garlic cloves, smashed; 2 - limes, squeezed; 2 tablespoon(s) olive oil; - salt and pepper to taste

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Monika Rosales

Pembroke Pines, FL

Updated on Sep 21, 2015

Delicious and tasty....Garlic is Life

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prep time 20 Min

cook time 5 Min

method Pan Fry

yield

Ingredients

2 - green plantains,peeled
1 cup vegetable or canola oil
3 - garlic cloves, smashed
2 - limes, squeezed
2 tablespoons olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste

How To Make homemade mariquitas.aka fried green plantain chips

Step 1

Start by peeling the Plantains and thinly cutting either by hand or with a mandolin.

Step 2

heat the oil at med/high
Step 3

meanwhile combine smashed garlic, lime and olive oil, salt and pepper.
Step 4

Fry the Plantain chips until golden brown , few minutes each side...drain on a paper towel..drizzle with the garlic mixture and enjoy warm.
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