11 cook plantain bananas Recipes

very ripe plantain (black skin ), butter or 1 tsp margarine or 1 tsp olive oil, allspice, shredded coconut or cheese, raw sugar

lard or 1/2 cup vegetable oil, annatto seeds, lean pork, cut into 1/4-inch cubes, pork fatback , cut into 1/2-inch pieces or 1/4 lb bacon, strips cut into 1/2-inch pieces, garlic cloves, minced, onion, coarsely chopped, green bell pepper, seeded and coarsely chopped, sweet green peppers, seeded and coarsely chopped (aj es dulces) (optional), tomatoes, seeded and coarsely chopped, leaves fresh culantro, coarsely chopped (or cilantrillo, or both), chopped fresh oregano or 1 tbsp dried oregano, chickpeas (reserve the liquid), pitted green olives, sliced into thin rounds, with 1 tbsp liquid, capers (optional), raisins, green plantains, green bananas, yautia (taro root, malanga, dasheen), broth , reserved from cooking the filling, salt, frozen banana leaves , spines removed or 1 lb fresh banana leaf, cut into 12-inch squares spines removed, sheets parchment paper , 12-inch x 18-inch (if banana leaves are not available, parchment paper may be used for entire wrapping), string or butcher s kitchen twine

rib eye steaks, boneless 1-inch thick, garlic cloves, minced, ground cumin, ground coriander, salt, ground red pepper, lime juice, orange peel, finely shredded, butter, melted, firm bananas, peeled and cut in half lengthwise and crosswise (or 2 plantain bananas, fully ripe), grain rice, uncooked, black beans, cooked (or canned, rinsed and drained ), sweet red peppers, finely chopped

ripe cooking bananas (plantains), egg, breadcrumbs (optional), queso fresco (optional), oil (for frying )

steamed rice (brown, white , basmati, or jasmine), cooked boneless skinless chicken breasts , seasoned according to your taste, black beans (canned is fine ), bananas or 4 large plantains, sliced in large chunks, fresh cilantro, chopped,to garnish, chopped onion, to garnish, salsa, to garnish

cooking oil, beef , chicken, goat (any 1 or two (or more) or 1 lb pork, in combination (any 1 or two (or more), peanuts (roasted, shells and skins removed) or onion, chopped (half an onion per serving), tomatoes, peeled if desired, chopped (1 tomato per serving), tomato paste, chicken (optional) or beef bouillon cube (optional), salt (to taste), black pepper (to taste), banana leaves (1 per serving), mushroom, cleaned (optional), smoked fish fillet (optional) or 1/2 cup meat (optional), plantains (1 per serving)

salted beef or 1 lb ham or 1 lb bacon, onion, chopped, garlic, minced, oil, plantains , cooking bananas,medium-ripe, sweet potato, white potatoes, pumpkin (aka as pompuna in the caribbean), tomatoes, brown sugar, water, butter, tomato paste, cinnamon or 1/8 tsp allspice

green bananas , cooked separately, yautia, cut in half, malanga, peeled and cut into 6 sections, yucas, peeled and cut into thirds (make sure you remove the root stem in the middle), name, peeled and cut into 6 sections, yellow plantains , skin intact and each cut into 3 sections, sweet potatoes , scrubbed clean, skin intact, cut in halves, calabaza ( sqaush) skin intact cut into 6 sections