Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, fried green plantains. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Fried green plantains is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Fried green plantains is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
A staple dish throughout the Caribbean and Latin America, tostones are crisp, flattened plantains that are often served as appetizers and side dishes Unlike sweet maduros, which are made with very ripe, almost black, yellow plantains, savory tostones are made with unripe green plantains Tostones are fried twice: The first fry sears the cut sides of the plantains, establishing a base layer of. Cut ends from each plantain with a sharp small knife, then cut a lengthwise slit through peel. Green plantains are a must for tostones.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have fried green plantains using 3 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Fried green plantains:
- Take Green plantains (as many as you like)
- Make ready Oil
- Make ready Adobo, garlic powder, salt
Remove the plantains from the pan and flatten the plantains by placing a plate over the fried plantains and pressing down. Fried green plantains aka tostones are crunchy, perfectly salted, and absolutely delicious. A tasty alternative to Jamaican Rice and Peas. They go well with seafood or they can be enjoyed solo.
Steps to make Fried green plantains:
- Cut ends off plantain, add oil to a pan and put on medium- medium high.
- Cut along slotted indents found naturally in the plantain. Remove all the skin.
- Cut "coins" diagonally along plantain. Don't cut too thin.
- Check to make sure oil is ready by splashing some water into pan, if it bubbles you're ready! Place plantain slices into oil. About 35-45 seconds then flip over, cook 35-45 seconds on other side (light brown). Use a slotted spatula so oil can drip through.
- Remove and place on a plate with paper towel over it.
- If you don't have a plantain masher, grab a coffee cup. Use bottom of cup and smash plantain.
- Put back in frying pan for about 45-55 seconds on each side.
- Remove plantains from oil & put on a new paper towel. Sprinkle with salt, adobo & garlic powder. Serve with your favorite dipping sauce!
Fried green plantains can be jazzed up with a simple pico de gallo. You need to start with green plantains, the yellow ones are sweeter and won't work for this recipe. Plantains, like bananas are high in potassium, fiber, vitamins and minerals. These aren't tostones (fried green plantains). Heather's picture adequately demonstrates this recipe, the other picture is showing fried green plantains, they are different.
So that is going to wrap this up for this special food fried green plantains recipe. Thank you very much for your time. I’m confident that you will make this at home. There’s gonna be more interesting food at home recipes coming up. Don’t forget to bookmark this page on your browser, and share it to your loved ones, colleague and friends. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!
