These thinly sliced burro bananas or plantains are fried until deeply golden and crispy and salty, excellent with a Cubano sandwich and a mamey milkshake. Cut the ends off and peel the bananas. Slice ...

Plantain is a magnificent tropical fruit and a staple ingredient in West African cuisine. It’s often associated with the banana, the main difference being it contains more starch and fewer sugars.

Plantains, also called "potatoes of the air," are the fruit of a tropical banana plant. They are more starchy than sweet, and unlike the more familiar banana, must be cooked before being eaten. In ...

First things first: Decide if you need unripe or ripe plantains. If you want them to be sticky and caramelized when cooked—like maduros, which are sweet, ripe plantains fried in oil—you’ll need to buy ...

How do you like your chicken tenders? Covered in breadcrumbs? Crusted in Cheez-Its? Swathed in golden, crunchy batter? In this episode of Last-Minute Meals with Paola, Paola Velez takes an extra ...

To make plantain chips, green plantains are peeled and sliced thinly. The slices are then fried in hot oil until they become ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- If you've ever walked past the plantains in the supermarket and said: "I love to eat these, but I don't know how to cook them," you're in the right place. The owner of Amy's ...