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Spicy Plantains

Name: Spicy Plantains
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Ingredients: 3 Plantain; 1 Chili pepper; A pinch Nutmeg; 20g Butter; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; A pinch Salt

Side Dish

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Ripe plantains fried and spiked with chili — a side dish of Saint Kitts and Nevis.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Spicy plantains are one of the sides making up the national dish plate: ripe plantains are pan-fried or fried and seasoned with chili and spices. Sweet plantain meets chili heat, a good match for the salt cod stew.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a kitchen on St. Kitts, diagonally sliced plantains brown in a frying pan and are sprinkled with chili.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Plantain 3
Chili pepper 1
Nutmeg A pinch
Butter 20g
Vegetable Oil 2 tbsp
Salt A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Peel the plantains and cut into 1.5cm diagonal slices.
Heat oil and butter in a frying pan.
Lay in the plantains and cook until golden on both sides.
Sprinkle with minced chili, nutmeg, and salt.
Toss quickly and turn off the heat.

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