Fried Sweet Plantains (Plátanos Maduros)

Name: Fried Sweet Plantains (Plátanos Maduros)
Ingredients: 3 cups, vegetable oil; 5 very ripe, black plantains (8 1/2 ounces each), peeled and sliced on bias into 1/2-inch pieces; , Kosher salt

Side Dishes
Fruit

By Dan Souza ･ Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2015, America's Test Kitchen TV

Fried plantains are eaten in many Latin American countries. For our version of Cuban-style plátanos maduros, we made sure to select very ripe plantains with black peels.

SERVES 6 to 8 as a side dish

TIME 30 minutes

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