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A platter of fried plantains. This is a list of banana dishes and foods in which banana or plantain is used as a primary ingredient. A banana is an edible fruit produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. [1] In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called plantains.
A version of pastelón prepared with sweet plantains, ground beef, tomato-based sauce and cheese. In Puerto Rico pastelón is considered a Puerto Rican variation of lasagne and inspired by such. Sweet plantains (plátanos maduros) replace the lasagne pasta noodles. The plantains are peeled and then cut lengthwise in to strips, which are then fried.
Choosing bone-in and skin-on chicken thighs provides the opportunity for an irresistibly crispy skin — although boneless and skinless chicken thighs work in this recipe, too!
Lauren V. Allen/Bodega Bakes Pie—whether it’s pumpkin, pecan or apple—is always invited to the holiday feast, but it’s not exactly the most original dessert idea. This fall and winter, opt ...
Pan chicken (jerked chicken prepared and sold by street food vendors along with hard dough bread) Peanut (raw, hot or roasted as a street snack) Peg bread; Peppered shrimp, spicy seasoned and cooked (red in colour) Pepper steak; Pineapple chicken; Plantain (green or ripe), may be boiled or fried, and served as a side dish.
1. Peel the plantains: Cut off the ends using a sharp knife, score the skin on four sides, then use your fingers to pry the skin loose. 2. Cut peeled plantains into one-inch pieces.
Plantains’ tips are cut off and boiled with the skin on until almost cooked through. The skin is removed and the plantains are cut into chunks and fried, flattened and then refried. Most Puerto Ricans use the method of soaking the plantains in hot water with salt for a few minutes before frying.
Divide the plantains among four plates. Place a piece of salmon on top of the plantains and a pad of truffle butter on each piece of fish (the butter should melt right over the salmon). Divide the sauce from the pan among the plates and serve. Recipe courtesy of New Latin Classics by Lorena Garcia and Raquel Pelzel/Ballantine Books, 2011.