Platanos Maduros (Costa Rican Fried Ripe Plantains)
photo by Baby Kato
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 2
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 4 ripe dark-skinned plantains
- 5 tablespoons vegetable oil
directions
- Heat vegetable oil in skillet over medium heat.
- Fully peel plantains, and cut them diagonally into approximately 1-inch wide pieces, working your way down the length of the plantain. (NOT length-wise slices).
- Carefully place pieces of plantain in skillet.
- Flipping often, fry plantains until golden brown. The Plantains will be rather mushy - they're supposed to be.
- *They will be sweet - the riper the plantains, the sweeter they will be. (They will NOT taste like patacones, if you've tried those) If you prefer them sweeter, you can sprinkle with sugar before cooking.
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Reviews
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Fast & omg soooo simple! I'm not sure how long I actually fried them. 3 plantains fit in my 12" skillet. I just let 'em cook until they were caramelized then I sprinled liberally with kosher salt. DIVINE! I wish we had more. 4 people got 5 pieces. Not nearly enough, lol. My plantains were BLACK, soft & wonderfully sweet. ENJOY! Thank you, chef! BTW, yours was picked out of the several similar because it was the oldest unrated one of the bunch. ;)
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
godsjoyfulkid
United States
I'm a bilingual speech language pathologist. I love cooking, but I generally need to feel inspired. My husband and I love having others over and cooking elaborate feasts.