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Title: What do you do with plantains?
Post by: Ice Cream on December 20, 2014, 08:03:40 AM
that is healthy? I am not into fried foods.
Title: Re: What do you do with plantains?
Post by: radial on December 20, 2014, 09:42:36 AM
I haven't tried it yet, but this one (http://www.inspiralized.com/2014/02/25/how-to-spiralize-a-plantain-plantain-rice-and-beans/) looks interesting.

(http://www.inspiralized.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_7520-copy-copy.jpg) (http://www.inspiralized.com/2014/02/25/how-to-spiralize-a-plantain-plantain-rice-and-beans/)
Title: Re: What do you do with plantains?
Post by: Magic Microbe on December 20, 2014, 10:56:47 AM
My puerto rican coworker makes mashed plantains for holiday celebrations (lots iof garlic is involved). He also makes plantain stuffing.
Title: Re: What do you do with plantains?
Post by: diablita on December 20, 2014, 09:36:44 PM
a little bit of fried food now and then is ok in my book

I'm not into platanos maduros, I prefer the savory preparations before they get ripe, like tostones.  I'd only eat that in a restaurant since I don't love them enough to make them at home.
But I love, love, love tortilla de platano which is an omelette (think of tortilla espaƱola) with sweet plantains in it, served with black beans with garlic on the side.  I love that sweet/savory combo and the egg and beans at least add a protein component.
Title: Re: What do you do with plantains?
Post by: Ice Cream on December 21, 2014, 08:00:17 AM
a little bit of fried food now and then is ok in my book

High fat contents make me sick.
Title: Re: What do you do with plantains?
Post by: onawhim on December 21, 2014, 06:26:04 PM
I like them baked with cheese.  Or mashed.  Or even dry fried in a pan. 
Title: Re: What do you do with plantains?
Post by: nadra24 on December 21, 2014, 10:59:01 PM
I love platanos maduros, but I don't fry them.  I just bake them, sometimes with cheese but usually not.  I do usually serve them with eggs, black beans, and corn tortillas.  The best breakfast I've ever eaten was in Honduras.  Scrambled eggs, black beans, freshly made corn tortillas, and sweet plantains.  It was like six years ago and I still remember it fondly.
Title: Re: What do you do with plantains?
Post by: ihop on December 22, 2014, 10:35:33 AM
Love, love, love plantains.  Tostones is my favorite.  I have also made enchiladas filled with plantains and black beans.  Yum!
Title: Re: What do you do with plantains?
Post by: caribougrrl on December 22, 2014, 02:31:12 PM
sometimes I boil them (green ones) and mash them with boiled sweet potato, sauteed onion & garlic and spices and use that as a burrito filling
Title: Re: What do you do with plantains?
Post by: srsly on December 22, 2014, 11:33:40 PM
I can't have plantains unfried. It's just better that way. I've sauteed them in sugar, butter and rum to make a much firmer Bananas Foster thing, then stuff them into small puff pastry pockets and baked them like a banana finger pie or empanadas.
Title: Re: What do you do with plantains?
Post by: radial on December 23, 2014, 12:19:19 AM
I can't have plantains unfried. It's just better that way. I've sauteed them in sugar, butter and rum to make a much firmer Bananas Foster thing, then stuff them into small puff pastry pockets and baked them like a banana finger pie or empanadas.

Savory schmavory, I'm coming to your party!  :D
Title: Re: What do you do with plantains?
Post by: merigayle on December 23, 2014, 06:14:34 PM
I can't have plantains unfried. It's just better that way.
this is how i feel about okra.
Title: Re: What do you do with plantains?
Post by: diablita on December 24, 2014, 07:44:47 AM
OMG I love okra and can eat it any way it's cooked as long as it's not slimey.  I love pan-fried Indian okra (bindi masala)

As for the tostones, we're staying in a friend's condo this week that's 1/2 mile away from Patacon: Colombian place that makes their famous dish -- tostones that are pounded so flat they can be used in place of bread for a sandwich.
Title: Re: What do you do with plantains?
Post by: caribougrrl on December 24, 2014, 09:29:37 AM
tostones that are pounded so flat they can be used in place of bread for a sandwich.

:drool:
Title: Re: What do you do with plantains?
Post by: ihop on December 29, 2014, 12:53:39 PM
OMG I love okra and can eat it any way it's cooked as long as it's not slimey.  I love pan-fried Indian okra (bindi masala)

As for the tostones, we're staying in a friend's condo this week that's 1/2 mile away from Patacon: Colombian place that makes their famous dish -- tostones that are pounded so flat they can be used in place of bread for a sandwich.

I love okra too!  We had okra "fries" at a restaurant on Saturday - yum!

There is a little hole in the wall Coloumbian place here that uses tostones for sandwiches.  Fabulous.
Title: Re: What do you do with plantains?
Post by: oblio on June 07, 2015, 08:35:43 PM
I tried to make popsicles with them and horchata. It did not go well.
Title: Re: What do you do with plantains?
Post by: Sir Real on June 08, 2015, 09:18:11 AM
I grew up on this stuff. (http://allrecipes.com/recipe/pastelon-de-platano-maduro-dominican-style-yellow-plantain-pie/)
Title: Re: What do you do with plantains?
Post by: caribougrrl on June 08, 2015, 09:28:21 AM
I grew up on this stuff. (http://allrecipes.com/recipe/pastelon-de-platano-maduro-dominican-style-yellow-plantain-pie/)

reading that recipe made me go  :!:

plantain would make a great topping for a variation of shepherd's pie, which as a bonus would give me an excuse to put boiled eggs and green olives in a shepherd's pie...