Food Recipe: PLANTAIN CHIPS

PLANTAIN CHIPS

Ingredients

Ripe/Unripe Plantain

Vegetable Oil: enough for deep frying.

Paprika (ata-gungun/powdered pepper){optional}

Salt to taste

Note: When making plantain chips with ripe plantains, ensure that the plantains are just beginning to ripe and still very hard. Soft plantains never get crunchy if used for this snack.

Before you fry the plantain

Wash and peel the plantains.

Thinly slice the plantains into a bowl of water. It is advisable to use a vegetable slicer to slice the plantains. The water helps prevent the plantain slices from changing colour.

When done, add salt to taste and stir.

Transfer the plantain slices to a sieve to drain the water. (Add the pepper if needed)

Frying Directions

Heat some vegetable oil till hot.

Put the slices of plantain into the oil in such a way that they are not stuck together.

Stir till the plantains are bright yellow and crunchy. If using ripe plantains, they will be deep yellow.

Transfer the plantain slices to a sieve lined with paper towels.

Store in air-tight containers when they have cooled down completely and munch away whenever you want.

Plantain chips made with unripe plantains hardly absorb any oil while those made with ripe plantains absorb some of the vegetable oil during the frying process.