Sweet Plantains
"Recipe courtesy Tyler Florence. This is a lovely dessert or sweet accompaniment to Arroz Con Pollo or another savory latin dish! I love to eat it with Lechon Asado and Black beans and rice; I think it offsets the garlic well."
photo by Mark M.
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 2 -3 ripe black plantains
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon natural vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
directions
- To peel the plantains, cut off ends and discard. With a paring knife, make 3 shallow slits lengthwise along the seams of the skin and peel away. Split the plantains lengthwise.
- Heat 4 tablespoons butter in a large skillet and place over medium low heat (plantains have a high sugar content and will burn if the heat is too high.)
- Fry the plantains in a single layer, until golden on the bottom then turn over with a spatula.
- Add the cinnamon, vanilla, and sugar and let cook a few more seconds, just to begin caramelizing the sugar.
- Just before serving, melt remaining tablespoon of butter to finish the sauce. Serve immediately.
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Reviews
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Followed recipe was my first time I loved then so did my kids :)
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This was delicious! Served as dessert with vanilla ice cream. Only change I made was to leave out the last bit of butter as others have suggested. -
Made it just as stated and was amazing. Served them hot with ice cream. -
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Very tasty. Followed recipe exactly. -
Love it! I was in Progresso, Mexico last month and ordered fried plantains, took one bite and knew that I had to make this at home. This recipe is very close. Next time I'm going to add a couple of tablespoons of orange juice to the sauce.
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