Fried Plantains

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Fantastic recipe. These are super light and crispy. Alton does it again.

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I really enjoyed these very good and wasnt hard to do at all luv ya AB oh by the way you DONT come off as arrogant. Lets face it you rock!

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Although I love all that Alton proposes, his methods for frying plantains are way off. Not only do you not need to create a production line of pans, and plates, and towels, the process was incorrect. To fry "tostones" you must start the first fry with cold oil and let the oil heat up and gradually brown the plaintain. This way it does not absorb so much grease. Then you remove the plaintains, turn the oil up to HIGH heat, mash the plaintains and but back in HOT oil to fry a second time. That is how then turn out crispy and not so greasy. After they are toasty and crispy, you pull them out of the oil, and place on paper towels to drain. Sprinkle with salt and/or serve with a mojo dipping sauce of garlic, onion and olive oil. That's it!

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These were good. We discovered plantains in Jamacia and wanted to try them at home. This recipe was different then we had before, but still good. Even the kids liked them. But I only rated it three stars because they are a lot of work for something that tastes basically like a french fry. Try it though -- it's kinda fun!

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Excellent texture and flavor. I can say once and for all that the middle-of-the-fry soak DOES make a difference. I had 3 plantains and I prepared them all the same way, except for the soaking part. One plantain was just fried twice with no garlic water soak; one had a long pre-fry soak; and one had the mid-fry soak as Alton Brown suggested. The mid-fry soaked plantains had a significantly tastier (garlicy outcome. The pre-soaked plantains were good, but not so garlicy. The unsoaked plantains were good, but not garlicy at all. Will do again -- with the mid-fry soak!

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These are wonderful! I didn't think the garlic would flavor them, but it did! I suggest using plenty of salt. I also squeezed some fresh lime juice on them when they were finished! They tasted great!

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I just saw your banana episode. Are you trying to make tostones, Alton?! Honey, please.....First of all, you use GREEN plantains always(I see you corrected that on your recipe. The greener the better. And wear gloves when you peel them or your hands will have nasty brown stains for days. Second of all, you are supposed to use VINEGAR not water to dip them in before the second fry. That way they puff up a little. Serve with a mojo dip (ask Ingrid on the side. Arrogance does not become you.

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My plantains turned out great! We grew our own and mine weren't green, but also not blackened when I picked them. Followed the recipe. These were best ever.

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not as good as miami, but...

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Somehow elegant, once you've had these, they'll take the place of many of your potato dishes - an incredible surprise for brunch or dinner side.