How To Cook Platanos Maduros Sweet Fried Plantains

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Green Plantains that have turned yellow....

Once the skin is yellow it has entered the fruit stage.

When they are ripe, it can still be a tasty, and great side dish.

To cook fried ripe plantains, heat up vegetable cooking oil...

enough to cover at least half of the plantain pieces.

Make test your oil for the right temperature, drop a small piece of the plantain in the pan.

If you see it sizzle...bubbling action around the piece, it's ready for the rest of the plantains.

The plantains are considered "maduros" or "amarillos" when the skin is yellow or is yellow with black spots....so,

Keep em theyre still good to cook and eat!

The darker the skin the sweeter the taste of the plantain.

The flesh will be softer even gooey....

To each his ownsome go for different stages of the sweet plantain;)

One of my precious memories was when my mamita use to cook for us.

When I was about 7 years old, she use to cook "maduros" as a side dish for breakfast before we went to school.

Mind you she was a working mommy toowow!

Soo"Amarillos" and eggs....mmmmmm....brings back pleasant memories;)

Buen provecho!

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[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 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:)

[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.