Plantains

[Damzlfly]

OK I bought 2 plantains 2 weeks ago at WF's and have been letting them SLOWLY ripen on my counter. I have never bought plantains before but I was told that they are yellow-black when truly ripe. I wanted to make plantain chips with them but all the recipes I've found for plantain chips require them to be fried. Any one have any ideas what I can do with these suckers? How *ripe* they have to be before I can do anything with them?

Thanks!

[Conscious Midwife]

When truely rip mash them up with cinnamon and cayenne plus EVOO and just eat.

Slice length wise marinated in same flavors as above thendehydrate for 10-12 hours on 110.

Definately and acquired taste especially if you use to eat them fried in EVOO, butter and onions like I use to.:)

[Damzlfly]

FINALLY got one ripe...peeling was a bit*h, I don't think it was fully ripe all the way around. So I sliced it to make 'chips' and stuck it in the D. Checked them a few hours later...had a sample of course...and then ate them all...lol...

So they taste exactly like banana's...to me anyways. I'm still waiting for the last one to ripen up...

[blaqberry]

yep, they taste very similar to bananas. never thought of making chips with 'em, need to try that. and, the blacker they get, the sweeter they are.