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Default Recipe: Ae Ae Banana Chips / Ae Ae Plantain Mariquetas Bananenchips

Banana Chips made from Ae Ae fruits!

We start with two Ae Ae fruits





Slice the Ae Ae fruits and fill a bowl with water (H20) and about a tablespoon or two (1tbsp. - 2 tbsp.) of salt (NaCl).





Cut off the Ae Ae peels





Cut them off like this:






Soak the slices in salt water for anywhere from 30 minutes - 2 hours.
Your fingers at this point probably look powdered sugar coated and feel like they're covered in flour.
This step pulls starch out.





Compost the peels.
That's a Jamaican Red peel in the compost bin (thanks, Sean).
I use this bin to bring the scraps out to the barrels.





After waiting 30 minutes or so, drain the water, and rinse them a few times to remove the starch.
Set them to dry in a row.





Set them to dry in rows like this:





Then, pat them dry with another layer of paper towel squares





Any vegetable oil should work well. Here we use Wesson vegetable oil in a 2" or so frying pan. I prefer the oil be very deep.
The oil should be brought up on 10 high, then turn down to 8 or so once it's ready for frying. Alternatively, measure the temp up until it reaches 350 degrees F.





Fry the plantain chips in vegetable oil for a couple minutes, 1-3 minutes or so.

Start with one chip





Fry one chip first.
Starting with one chip will get you a feel for the time it needs to fry - the combination of the thickness of the chip (1mm - 2mm) and the oil temperature will produce different results.
As it is cooling, place two or three more in the oil.





Place the fried chips on paper towels to dry.
Flip them a few times to drain the oil.
Then, garnish the chips with salt (NaCl) and let cool.
Lime, garlic optional.














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