Try this recipe yourself, or browse for more recipes in this large online cookbook. Not found the recipe you're looking for? Browse all recipes on this site in alphabetic order, or use the simple one keyword search field.

Plantain Baked In Its Skin

Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients and directions for this recipe

4 md Yellowish brown plantains
1 1/2 tb Lime juice; more to taste
1/2 ts Mild chile powder; more to
-taste
2 1/2 tb Butter
Kosher salt

Adapted from "Uncommon Fruits and Vegetables" by Elizabeth Schneider
(William Morrow, 1998)

Oven at 375 F. Trim ends from plantains. Cut a lengthwise slit in each
plantain. Place plantains slit-side up on roasting pan and bake in oven
until creamy and tender, 30-40 min. Remove plantains from oven, and let
cool slightly. Leave oven on.

Peel plantains, and cut them into 1/2"-thick diagonal slices. Place in
ovenproof serving dish. Sprinkle with lime juice and chile powder, and dab
with butter. Season with salt. Toss gently. Return to oven, and heat
through, about 10 min. Serve.

See also:
Previous recipe Plantain And Potato Soup With Garbanzo Beans
Next recipe Plantain Basics

Or try one of these recipes:
L'oeuf Au Boeuf Et Fromage Au Cognac- Supper Dance May 1980
Stuffed Mushrooms #7