Plátanos Maduros Fritos
Plátanos Maduros Fritos takes about 15 min and serves 4. It needs 3 ingredients: ripe plantain, vegetable oil, and salt. It is rated easy to make.
- Total time
- 15 min
- Serves
- 4
- Difficulty
- Easy
Ingredients
- 3 very ripe plantains, skins mostly black
- 200 ml vegetable oil
- a pinch of salt
Method
Wait for black skins
Use plantains whose skins are black, not yellow. A yellow plantain fries into something starchy and bland; the sugar that caramelises at the edges only develops at the point the fruit looks past saving.
Cut on the diagonal and fry
Cut into 1.5 cm diagonal slices and fry over medium heat, not high, for about three minutes a side. High heat blackens the sugar before the middle turns to cream.
6 minDrain and salt
Drain on paper and give them the smallest pinch of salt. Sweet and salt together is the point; unsalted maduros taste like dessert by mistake.
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