Fried Plantains with Sweet Heat
- Total: 20 min
- Prep: 10 min
- Cook: 10 min
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.