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Plantains are a huge staple across tropical countries, particularly in Southeast Asia. These ripe and sweet banana-like fruits are golden-fried into crunchy fritters for quick snacks on-the-go. In this plantain recipe, you can simply recreate this street-food favorite at home using a simple beer batter and ripe plantains. Then serve it with some chocolate and caramel sauces for added sweetness!
Hawker-Style Plantain Fritters
This plantain recipe yields a plate of ripe and sweet plantains that are golden-fried intro crunchy fritters!
Ingredients
- 4 plantains, (roughly 5 ounces each), ripe, peeled, halved
- ½ cup cornstarch
- 5 cups vegetable oil, (up to 8 cups), for frying
For Batter:
- 11 oz beer, of your choice, very cold, or soda water
- 5 oz all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 egg, beaten
To Serve:
- 1 oz strawberry ice cream, or any ice cream of your choice, preferably vanilla-flavored, per serving
- 1 tbsp caramel sauce, per serving
- 1 tbsp chocolate sauce, per serving
Instructions
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In a mixing bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, and salt.
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Add the beaten egg and cold beer or soda water. Whisk until evenly incorporated with a few lumps in between.
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Once done, dredge your plantains in cornstarch and then dip in the batter.
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Preheat your oil in either a Dutch oven or deep skillet ready for deep frying. Deep fry plantains for roughly 5 to 7 minutes or until golden brown and crispy.
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Drain your fried plantains onto your prepared basket lined with paper towels. Repeat until you have fried all your plantains and drained them in this manner.
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Drizzle with chocolate and caramel sauces. Serve immediately with ice cream on the side.
Nutrition
- Sugar: 54g
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- Calcium: 152mg
- Calories: 5547kcal
- Carbohydrates: 198g
- Cholesterol: 82mg
- Fat: 549g
- Fiber: 10g
- Iron: 6mg
- Monounsaturated Fat: 63g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 10g
- Potassium: 1894mg
- Protein: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 445g
- Sodium: 553mg
- Trans Fat: 1g
- Vitamin A: 4153IU
- Vitamin C: 66mg
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