one filipino dish a week

Fried bananas the snack of champions! In my opinion, this is the ultimate Filipino snack. It’s hard to get the saba bananas here in NYC area (or maybe I just haven’t looked hard enough), however, the readily available plantain is a good substitute. It’s very simple to make and a very delicious snack. I have very vivid memories of eating fried bananas for snacks. If you’re in the Philippines this is just something that you eat, no questions asked. The Girl made a good point that the best bananas to use for this are the ones that are really ripe (almost overripe). The flavors are more pronounced and it doesn’t get lost when it gets cooked.

What’s in it?
3 Plantains, sliced to make a fan
1/3 cup flour
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup water

Dissolve the flour and sugar in the water and mix thoroughly.  Dip the banana in the flour to coat.

The more flour you use the thicker the coating will be on the banana. Adjust to your preference.

Fry until the sugar caramelizes and turns dark brown. Transfer to a service plate and dust with sugar. Simple!

Eat Filipino Food!