How To Cook Platanos Maduros Sweet Fried Plantains

[lilnicky47]

you're beautiful!

[Ahseyia55]

Thanks this video was very helpful

[soymezclado44]

I love making platanos. Good job on your video.

[amykomatic]

It was helpful to see how you peeled the plantain- I struggled with this the first time I tried :)

[delio116]

very helpful

[Berkeleyization]

its what's for dinner

[bandgeek4189]

I love your recipe videos. I'm going to try these out tomorrow! Thanks so much for posting your vids :)

[PuertoRicanStyle]

@hiyetty In this recipe I used a ripe plantain. I normally fry maduros but not bananas.

You can certainly cook the bananas with a little bit of water or butter. The sugars from the banana will blend with water or butter. Then as water evaporates or butter melts and mixes with bananas the sugar caramelizes. It tastes great too. There is a dessert that calls for bananas where you fry with butter...called Banana Flambe.

[happycrystal7]

I love this dish with beans ! and crema Yummy !

[PuertoRicanStyle]

@happycrystal7 it sounds yummy reading about it:)

[DoktorMaddz]

Thank you so much! I've been having trouble making them, I guess my problem was that they weren't ripe enough. They would never come out sweet! I can't wait to have some plantains on my bbq chicken wrap. :)

[PuertoRicanStyle]

@DoktorMaddz Cool! Maduros and BBQ chicken go so well...sweetness of maduros and tangy taste of sauce...delicious :)

[mardel3]

I love to eat these all the time!! I never knew how to make them so I bought them. Now that I saw this video I might just try it. The one's I eat look softer is it because they could be bakes instead of fried? How is it that they are so sweet? Do you add sugar to them? Thanks

[PuertoRicanStyle]

@mardel3 Hi mardel3! How great that you're going to try to make maduros. Some look softer than others because of the stage of ripeness. Also there is no need to add sugar. Traditional Puerto Rican recipes does not include sugar. I know if you make bananas that some people add sugar to it. Not required for 'maduros / amarillos." Thanks for watching!

[PuertoRicanStyle]

@mardel3 I wonder if they are actually ripe bananas. Different than 'maduros.'. You can bake or cook bananas with a little bit of water.

Now the really ripe plantain (maduro...yellow skin with black spots) after cooking will have a softer texture too.

The natural sugars in the banana & 'maduros' caramelize & it gives them a softer texture & sweet taste. When I make maduros I don't add sugar because it's a side dish....there is a dessert called banana flambe that you add sugar..it's yummy:)

[lidiaabadia]

So cool! I just didn't poke around enough :) I love maduros and so do my kids. You should see my 10 month old eating them...lol

[PuertoRicanStyle]

@lidiaabadia Thanks Lidia! I can imagine your baby eating with joy the amarillos / maduros:) He's such a cutie pie!

[weezel21]

i just made these at culinary school, i'm mexican so its not something thats made at my house, although my sister-in-law is puerto rican and she's stoked that i'm making these this weekend. they are amazing and much better than potato chips. by the way great job on making the platanos.

[PuertoRicanStyle]

@weezel21 ...I agree. If I had to choose, hands down...maduros or platanos instead of potato chips! Thank you for the thumbs up...wow so I can mingle with your culinary school buddies?!! :) I like that!

[n0ukf]

I'll be trying this tomorrow at noon. I didn't see any green plantains at the grocery store to try making tostones

[PuertoRicanStyle]

@n0ukf yes...sometimes you have to be on the lookout for this vegetable. It's great that you're trying out this recipe.

[OasisMuahh]

tostones go well with a MayoKetchup dip...

[Prmtyme2]

@OasisMuahh i hate tostones

[PuertoRicanStyle]

@Prmtyme2 Yes, it's a different taste. Some people don't like it and that's cool.

[PuertoRicanStyle]

@OasisMuahh Would like to try that mayoketchup dip!

[elianamagali2010]

thankk youuu i had no idea how to do this !!

[PuertoRicanStyle]

@elianamagali2010 Did you get to cook the sweet plantains?

[ViewerLauren]

Thank you do much for this vid. I have a puerto rican 'friend' and I'm trying to impress him LOL. so yeah. Im not puerto rican so Im changing my eating culture for his. well... 50/50 Thanks again I subcribed also!

[PuertoRicanStyle]

@ViewerLauren Hey hey Lauren...you are a treasure!

[all4one1fourall]

Hay que rico se ven. MMMMMMM!!!!! Gracias por enseñar me.

[PuertoRicanStyle]

@all4one1fourall De nada...es un placer!