Raw Plaintain

[Conscious Midwife]

So in a Mexican Food Cook book I have

I followed a recipe for cooking plaintain in olive oil and butter and then seasoning with chilli powder and cinnamon. the slices where length wise like shoe strings.

My question is:

Is it realistic to think one could soak raw plantain in olive oil and dehydrate for X amount of hours , season the same way and get similiar results?

Please share you plantain experiences:)

I hate wasting olive oil on the stove top but I really needed to do something quick with the very ripe plantain.

[RowanC]

I've never tried dehydrating it, but I think it might work.
Uncooked plantain has this "cottony" texture/taste which isn't very good to me. But I htink yu could dehydrate it... if not completely, at least until it was soft enough to eat. try it!

[rawredbone]

I eat dehydrated Plaintains all the time and they are so yummy

[Lunar*Fey]

Maybe slice and dehydrate into plantain chips. Or eat it as is or even throw into a smoothie for texture

[blaqberry]

So in a Mexican Food Cook book I have

I followed a recipe for cooking plaintain in olive oil and butter and then seasoning with chilli powder and cinnamon. the slices where length wise like shoe strings.

My question is:

Is it realistic to think one could soak raw plantain in olive oil and dehydrate for X amount of hours , season the same way and get similiar results?

Please share you plantain experiences:)

I hate wasting olive oil on the stove top but I really needed to do something quick with the very ripe plantain.

I say try it... But, maybe you won't need to soak it in olive oil, perhaps just make sure it's well coated before dehydrating. If you do try, let us know what happens.

Plantains can be eaten at various stages. Most people that eat them will have them straight ("raw") once they turn almost black to completely black, pretty sweet by then, tho not as sweet as a banana. The more ripe they become, the less starchy they are...and they get softer, better for eating straight. I've had them in smoothies, as a garnish in soups, etc. I don't see why they couldn't be used in ice creams and desserts. In general, they're great in place of bananas...

[Conscious Midwife]

Extra Ripe plantain are awesome RAW, just so you know:)

[blaqberry]

yep... yum-yummy-yum :)


Extra Ripe plantain are awesome RAW, just so you know:)

[rawkchicster]

I like waiting until the peel is black (their at their sweetest) and then slicing REALLY thin on a mandoline, then seasoning with sea salt and garlic.... mmmm classic plantain chips just like we had in Puerto Rico!! (you could add olive oil, and that would be good, too!)

OOPS. and dehydrating for a couple days!

[Conscious Midwife]

Oooh need to make this too.

got to plantains on the counte now that I don;t want to waste, forgt they could be prepped in teh dehydrator and served as a RAW dish

Yummy

[Tsurugi_Oni]

I'd definately wait till they're extra ripe. Plantains are actually really starchy.

[Conscious Midwife]

Made a bathc from two plantain. Coated with cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves. Yummy wonderful!

Dehydrated long enough to make them good and chewy but not crunchy:p

[katacykls]

when a plantain get dark and spotty or black it is not mushy inside like a banana it is just softer sweeter and less starchy hence this is the best reason to wait till it is more mature than when it is green or to yellow.
I think Juliano sells plantain chips with a little brittle on top at his restaurant.:p