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Plantine -- easy cooking
Plantine looks like big banana and it has very thick skin. Usually it's around $0.79/lb. Very popular with South American dishes, usually served with rice. Chinese supermarket called it "黑人蕉“
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% l4 W4 p6 B3 OThe best one I like is the black ones. They look very ugly, but the black color indicates that they're ripened. The taste is on the sweet side, and soft. These ones are good when pan-fry. The green ones are raw, they need to be baked and usually with cheese. The taste is quite plain and hard.! o a7 Q5 W E. y* G" Y) Q" f
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Cooking for the dark yellow/black plantines:& [- p$ _& c2 j# v1 f8 s
- Wash the skin briefly
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- Slice the plantine into around 1cm thick (diagonally will give you bigger slice), @% i6 e( R h8 _) @
- put some oil, enough to cover the bottom of the pan
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- put in the plantine slice one by one, don't overlap0 ^( b0 h5 W: k$ l* z
- done when both sides are golden brown
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- serve hot (as snack or with rice)0 U1 C# {3 G% I4 A* Q
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I don't like the green plantine, never cooked it before.1 s7 p o: ^ @& X( b/ U; M
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