holy crap these were delicious.
These also come from Vegetarian Planet by Didi Emmons. I made them last week as a quick snack from scratch because I was really too busy to make a whole meal from scratch on any particular night. These were sooo easy and I plan on frying up some more tonight
Ingredients include:
1 yellow or black plantain
salt
pepper
1/2 cup canola or corn oil
and 3 slices white sandwich bread
below, is a plantain.
so 1 plantain cuts nicely into 8 bit size but still meaty pieces, cut on an angle.
the bread has to be de-crusted and lightly toasted. then, chop it up into really fine bread crumbs. this takes a little while but i'm sure it would have worked much faster if i had a cutting board. the crumbs in the picture below are still far to big and had to be cut some more.
and...then...fry them. didi suggests a trick to test the heat of the oil in the pan. take one plantain and put it in the pan, if the oil is too hot the plantain wil burn instantly. but these were ok. i reccomend staying close to them as they brown quickly. once brown on one side, turn them over, brown again, and then place on a paper towl.
then eat! serve them hot. i was tempted to let them cool a bit but the plantain is so watery that they really were ready to eat prety much right out of the oil. and soooooo good. it was almost like i was back in Costa Rica when fried plantains were part of our daily diet.
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