How to Cook Green Bananas

Cook Green Bananas

Green bananas are easy to come by whether you pick them up at the grocery store or your own backyard. There are many ways to cook green bananas. You can use them instead of potatoes in some of your favorite dishes. Bananas are high in many vitamins and are well known for their healthy properties. In many places in the world, they are used instead of potatoes. There are two kinds of bananas, the large sweet banana and the plantain, a smaller, less sweet variety. Does this Spark an idea?

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Green Bananas
Salt
Cooking Oil
Deep frying pan or Deep Fryer
Coconut Milk
Onion
Butter
Lime Juice
Honey
Mixed fruit chunks
Rum
Coconut (shredded)
Brown Sugar

Instructions

- 1
  
  Make banana chips. Slice the bananas into thin rounds and deep fry in oil until light brown. Drain and sprinkle with salt. If they soften upon cooling, you can reheat them in the oven for a few minutes. These make a great, healthy alternative to potato chips!
- 2
  
  Mash the bananas. Boil for 20 minutes or until soft. Add coconut milk, chopped onion and salt. Simmer for 15 minutes. Just like mashed potatoes but a little sweeter. Mashed bananas can be served as a side to any meal. Freeze for up to a month.
- 3
  
  Grill them. Make kabobs with assorted fruit chunks including your green bananas. Brush with melted butter, honey and lime juice. Grill for 5 minutes on each side. Serve warm with your summer barbecue. Try kabobs with melon, strawberry and pineapple.
- 4
  
  Turn them into dessert. Soak sliced green bananas in one cup of rum (mixed with 1/4 cup sugar) for an hour. Bake for 40 minutes at 300 degrees. Add coconut and serve with ice cream. You can also serve this dessert as a flambe. Simply place in a bowl and set on fire. The fire will burn off the alcohol. If the flames get too high, smother with a lid.

Tips & Warnings

Do not over cook or bananas will turn to starch.

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Comments

jessica.rutto Sep 05, 2011
Great tips for cooking bananas! will defn. try 'em out!

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