Plantains

ravenlynne said:

I bought 2 plantains yesterday and plan to serve them tonight with
fajitas (didn't cook it yesterday) and am making homemade guacamole. How
do you all usually cook them? I've never done anything with them before
but usually get them at restaurants. TIA!

I have always fried them very slowly in oil and butter. They caramelize
nicely in time.

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ravenlynne said:

I bought 2 plantains yesterday and plan to serve them tonight with
fajitas (didn't cook it yesterday) and am making homemade guacamole. How
do you all usually cook them? I've never done anything with them before
but usually get them at restaurants. TIA!

I think that double frying them works the best.

Slice them about 1" thick slices, a bit on the diagonal. Heat up your
oil to about 325°, pretty hot but not smoking. Fry them, 2 minutes each
side. Place on something to drain that's flat, but place them on their
ends, not flat on their sides. We place on brown paper from grociery
sacks. Then mash them so they are about 1/2" thick with a spastula or
wooden spoon. Now they can sit around till supper time. Refry them,
this time for 3-4 minutes on each side, till they are golden brown and
delicious.

Melondy

Melondy said:

ravenlynne said:

I bought 2 plantains yesterday and plan to serve them tonight with
fajitas (didn't cook it yesterday) and am making homemade guacamole.
How do you all usually cook them? I've never done anything with them
before but usually get them at restaurants. TIA!

I think that double frying them works the best.

Slice them about 1" thick slices, a bit on the diagonal. Heat up your
oil to about 325°, pretty hot but not smoking. Fry them, 2 minutes each
side. Place on something to drain that's flat, but place them on their
ends, not flat on their sides. We place on brown paper from grociery
sacks. Then mash them so they are about 1/2" thick with a spastula or
wooden spoon. Now they can sit around till supper time. Refry them,
this time for 3-4 minutes on each side, till they are golden brown and
delicious.

Melondy

Thanks :-)

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Quoted message said:

I bought 2 plantains yesterday and plan to serve them tonight with
fajitas (didn't cook it yesterday) and am making homemade guacamole.
How do you all usually cook them? I've never done anything with them
before but usually get them at restaurants. TIA!

If they are still green - in other words, not ripe - I use Alton Brown's
recipe. You can find it on the FoodTV website, it is really good. If
they are ripe I just peel and slice them and pan fry until golden brown.
Pay attention - because of the sugar they are easy to burn.

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Peter Aitken

ravenlynne said:

I bought 2 plantains yesterday and plan to serve them tonight with
fajitas (didn't cook it yesterday) and am making homemade guacamole.
How do you all usually cook them? I've never done anything with them
before but usually get them at restaurants. TIA!

On one of Foodnetwork's Good Eats episodes (EA1G18, Going Bananas), Alton
Brown prepared a Fried Plantains recipe that looked especially good to me.
I haven't yet tried it, but you might want to take look and see if it
appeals to you.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_27215,00.html

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l said:

ravenlynne said:

I bought 2 plantains yesterday and plan to serve them tonight with
fajitas (didn't cook it yesterday) and am making homemade guacamole.
How do you all usually cook them? I've never done anything with them
before but usually get them at restaurants. TIA!

On one of Foodnetwork's Good Eats episodes (EA1G18, Going Bananas), Alton
Brown prepared a Fried Plantains recipe that looked especially good to me.
I haven't yet tried it, but you might want to take look and see if it
appeals to you.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_27215,00.html

Thanks for the link :-) I'll keep this in mind, although I was looking
for more of a dessert-ish recipe.

--
"I'm thinking that if this dilemma grows any more horns, I'm going to
shoot it and put it up on the wall."

- Harry Dresden

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Quoted message said:

Thanks for the link :-) I'll keep this in mind, although I was looking
for more of a dessert-ish recipe.

Plantains are rarely if ever used for dessert. It's a mistake to think
of them as a large banana - they are different.

--
Peter Aitken

Peter A said:

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Quoted message said:

Thanks for the link :-) I'll keep this in mind, although I was looking
for more of a dessert-ish recipe.

Plantains are rarely if ever used for dessert. It's a mistake to think
of them as a large banana - they are different.

I ended up just frying them in oil until they were golden brown. Very good.

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"I'm thinking that if this dilemma grows any more horns, I'm going to
shoot it and put it up on the wall."

- Harry Dresden

that sounds wonderful!

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Quoted message said:

ravenlynne said:

I bought 2 plantains yesterday and plan to serve them tonight with
fajitas (didn't cook it yesterday) and am making homemade guacamole. How
do you all usually cook them? I've never done anything with them before
but usually get them at restaurants. TIA!

I think that double frying them works the best.

Slice them about 1" thick slices, a bit on the diagonal. Heat up your oil
to about 325°, pretty hot but not smoking. Fry them, 2 minutes each side.
Place on something to drain that's flat, but place them on their ends, not
flat on their sides. We place on brown paper from grociery sacks. Then
mash them so they are about 1/2" thick with a spastula or wooden spoon.
Now they can sit around till supper time. Refry them, this time for 3-4
minutes on each side, till they are golden brown and delicious.

Melondy

ravenlynne said:

I bought 2 plantains yesterday and plan to serve them tonight with
fajitas (didn't cook it yesterday) and am making homemade guacamole. How
do you all usually cook them? I've never done anything with them before
but usually get them at restaurants. TIA!

I just slice them and fry them for a good long time in oil or
butter, then salt them as I take them out of the pan. They're so
delicious! My friend from Malawi deep-fries them, and they're out
of this world, but I don't do much deep frying.

Serene

Mash is an option. Sop is battering and frying.

Serene-y the Meanie said:

ravenlynne said:

I bought 2 plantains yesterday and plan to serve them tonight with
fajitas (didn't cook it yesterday) and am making homemade guacamole. How
do you all usually cook them? I've never done anything with them before
but usually get them at restaurants. TIA!

I just slice them and fry them for a good long time in oil or
butter, then salt them as I take them out of the pan. They're so
delicious! My friend from Malawi deep-fries them, and they're out
of this world, but I don't do much deep frying.

I imagine they might go well with peanuts or even chilis or sesame or...???

There is an Afro - Caribbean food store a ways north of me, I plan on going
there soon to scope out things and plantains will be something I'll be on
the lookout for...

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Best
Greg

ravenlynne said:

l said:

On 18-Apr-2007, ravenlynne <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I bought 2 plantains yesterday and plan to serve them tonight with
fajitas (didn't cook it yesterday) and am making homemade guacamole.
How do you all usually cook them? I've never done anything with them
before but usually get them at restaurants. TIA!

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Thanks for the link :-) I'll keep this in mind, although I was looking

for more of a dessert-ish recipe.

This works for me when they are in the yellow state (or even black.)
This is the way I fix them as a dessert, I believe another poster said
as much.
I fry them slowly in butter or coconut oil or a combination of both.
They will carmelize a bit, become softer.
Then I put some very thick maple syrup or honey on them. Best served
with a good hot strong cup of coffee.
Dee Dee