Photo: Fried Plantains with Sweet Heat Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 fresh limes
- 2 tablespoons sweet chili sauce
- 1 tablespoon sweet hot mustard
- 1 teaspoon horseradish, prepared
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar, natural
- Canola oil, for frying
- 3 green plantains
- 1/4 cup garlic, minced
- Salt and fresh cracked black pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- Dash cayenne pepper
Directions
In a bowl, combine the juice of 1/2 of lime, sweet chili sauce, mustard, horseradish and vinegar. Set aside.
Heat 1/2-inch of oil in 12-inch heavy pan.
Cut plantain on diagonal into 1-inch thick pieces, remove peel.
When oil is hot, add the plantains and fry both sides until golden.
Drain on paper bag, and sprinkle with salt, and minced garlic. With a flat bottomed, heat proof, glass bowl, smash plantains evenly flat, embedding garlic into them. Return to hot oil and fry until dark golden brown. Remove, drain again on a paper bag, adding more coarse salt, to taste, the red pepper flakes, the cayenne pepper and a squeeze of lime.
Serve while hot with sweet heat sauce.
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By Chef #1512413
on September 01, 2011
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Awesome! Watch your oil it can get too hot too fast. It happened to us after first batch so we didn't get to do the second fry in oil. Good tip for next time, have everything prepped (garlic already chopped, etc. so it was ready to quickly smash into plaintains. Also, don't start out with oil too high, it will ruin oil and you will have to start over with fresh, new oil. Awesome taste and the sauce went over as a huge hit with family!!
By pipiaorenduff_1...
Hampton, 56
on July 18, 2011
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I love the sweet heat with all kinds of veggies and the plantains were the bomb! Planning my own Island Theme Party and can't wait to serve them. Thanks Guy!!!
By Chef Dee214
Seaford, NY
on February 15, 2011
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This was pretty good, but it certainly did not come close to being as good a companion to tostones as the traditional garlic sauce. I served two sauces and this one was barely touched. I'd make this again, but would have to figure out what it would go good with. One out of the 4 dinner guests liked it. Everyone else had Daisy Martinez' garlic sauce. Sorry Guy.
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