by Ana
This Easy Yellow Plantain Bites Recipe is so tasty and so good, perfect for a quick snack or as part of your dinner.
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There is nothing like an amazing aroma emanating from your kitchen to bring your kids running in and asking, what are you making? 🙂 As you may know, I am originally from Nicaragua and we certainly love our tropical fruits. Yes, fruits like pineapple, coconuts, bananas, and plantains can always be found in our kitchen and therefore as part of our snacks, lunches, and dinners. Plantains, in one way or another, are certainly enjoyed in many of their different forms from tostones, fried to maduros. Not only do we love plantain on their own, we also love them paired with some of our favorite dairy products, like cheese, butter, and cream. If your family is anything like mine, I invite you to prepare our delicious and super easy to prepare Yellow Plantain Balls Bites recipe.
Yellow Plantain Balls Bites Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 yellow plantains
- 4 cups water, to boil plantains, salt is optional
- 1 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 cup of dry grated cheese, (Latin-style dry white cheese)
- Pinch of salt or salt to taste
- ¼ cup corn oil, frying the balls
Instructions
- In a large pot, bring four cups of water to a boil.
- Wash the plantains and cut the end off, leave the skin on. Cut the plantains in half and place the plantains with skin on in the boiling water.
- Cover your pot and cook the plantains on high heat for around 20 minutes.
- Once done, remove the pot from heat and drain the water. Allow your plantains to cool and then peel off the skin and discard it.
- Once the plantains have cooled completely, place them in a medium-size bowl and mash the peeled plantains. Add butter, salt, milk and cheese and combined together.
- Scoop a spoonful of the plantain mix into the palm of your hand and shape it into a ball. Repeat until mix is used up.
- In a medium-size skillet, heat up corn oil and fry the plantain balls until golden brown, about 1-2 minutes on each side.
- Once brown, remove balls, drain, and cool on paper towels.
What do you think of our easy and delicious Easy Yellow Plantain Bites Recipe? I love that they can be enjoyed by themselves, with a bit of sprinkled cheese or with a side of cream. Yum! Have you ever made plantain bites? If so, what do you top them with? Drop us a note in the comment section below.
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Comments
Alison's Allspice saysI love to eat sweet plantains with spicy cilantro sauce! It’s not very kid friendly, but very flavorful! I have never tried turning plantains into bite-sized balls, looks fun! Pinned! I found you at the Sugar and Spice Link Up.
- Noemi Luz says
I came across your recipe on Pinterest and tried this using garlic butter and my husband loved them! I made really small balls and they turned out delicious! I will definitely be making these more frequently, thank you!
- Ana says
Hello Noemi,
So glad you and your hubby loved them! Also, thanks for the feedback. 🙂
- Kristen C saysSee Also33 Easy Dinner Recipes For Two
At first, I tried frying these in an aluminum pot, and they were a sticky mess that would not come off the bottom. Then I moved them over to frying in a non-stick pan, and they turned out super delicious! A word to others trying this recipe….use a nonstick pan! 🙂
- Ana says
Good tip, Kristen. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us. 🙂
- Alyssa says
My fiancé is Fromm South America and loves any kind of Plantains. I can’t wait to make these for him and my son . I do have one question what cheese did you use?
- Ana says
I used a Latin style dry cheese. You can use whatever kind of dry cheese your store sells. Let me know if that helps.
- Marissa says
Hi! What is dry cheese? Thanks
- Ana says
Use whatever kind of dry cheese your store sells. Let me know if that helps. 🙂
- Marissa says
I think I’m just confused with what dry cheese is?
- Ana says
I mean White Dry Hard Cheese. If you have a Walmart store near you, they sell it already grated.
- Laura says
Hi Ana, I’m really excited to try this recipe but would like to know what is the exact name of the kind of cheese you used. I understand hard white cheese, but parmesan really only comes to mind grated so I would like to know the exact one that you use. Please and thank you ?
- Ana says
Hi Laura,
What part of the country do you currently live? Do you have a Walmart nearby? Walmart usually carries Latin-style dry grated cheese. I usually use whatever they have at my nearest Publix, Walmart or Latin-owned stores. Hope that helps. 🙂
