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Bannann Peze

Name: Bannann Peze
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Haiti
Ingredients: 2 (green) Plantain; To taste Oil for frying; 1 tsp Salt; 1 tbsp Lime juice; 200ml Water

Side Dish

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Green plantain fried, smashed, and fried again — Haiti's crisp plantain fritters.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Bannann peze means 'pressed banana': green plantain is cut thick, fried once, smashed flat, dipped in salt water, and fried again until crisp. It's the same dish as Latin American tostones, served in Haiti with griot or tasso (fried beef) and topped with pikliz.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a Haitian street stall, flat fried plantains are lifted from hot oil and served on paper plates with pikliz and fried pork.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Plantain 2 (green)
Oil for frying To taste
Salt 1 tsp
Lime juice 1 tbsp
Water 200ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Peel the plantains and cut 3cm thick.
Fry in 160°C oil for 5 minutes until lightly colored.
Smash flat with a plate or on a cutting board.
Dip in water with salt and lime juice dissolved and pat dry.
Fry in 180°C oil until golden and crisp and salt.

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