Cooking should be fun, and there are plenty of opportunities to do so without breaking the bank or dirtying up too many dishes. This two ingredient recipe for fried sweet plantains is affordable, delicious, easy and the perfect way to bring food from all over the world right to your dinner table.
Plantains are a starchy fruit, but much like tomatoes, they’re treated and cooked as though they are a vegetable. Plantains look like large, spotted bananas and are a staple in Caribbean, Central and South American, West African and Southeast Asian cuisines
The key to letting plantains really shine is to make sure they’re very ripe before cooking. The fruit has the most starch before it ripens, so you should look for plantains that have a mix of yellow and black coloring when buying them at the grocery store. The sweet Caribbean staple is perfect when paired with a spicy or charred entree, like jerk pork, grilled chicken or any number of the best-ever grilled dishes.
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