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4.12.14

Crispy, Soft, Sweet Fried Plantains {Paleo, Whole30, Vegan}

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Easy and quick, delicious, satisfying, and healthy, these crispy, soft, sweet fried plantains will become your new go favorite!  Paleo and Whole30 friendly, sugar free, vegan, refined oil free, and loved by all!

Easy and quick, delicious, satisfying, and healthy, these crispy, soft, sweet fried plantains will become your new go favorite!  Paleo and Whole30 friendly, sugar free, vegan, refined oil free, and loved by all!

Plantains are the new black. Don’t fight it, there’s no reason to.  Did anyone used to think these were giant dirty rotten bananas like I did? Well, the name is plantain and they’re plain awesome, here’s why:

Cheap.  At 40-50 cent a pop at most stores you can’t beat them bang for buck.

Delicious versatility.  Green ones work like potatoes and taste like ’em too.  Even my kids think so.  So there, it’s true.  The riper ones (like in this recipe) fry up so stunningly golden and caramel sweet you’ll swear it has to be wrong.  But it’s so, so right.  The super ripe black ones can be puréed into even sweeter deliciousness, but I’ll save that for another recipe

They are flipping easy to work with.  Unlike butternut squash, let’s say, in my opinion (still love you though, bns).  Peel slice and cook does not get easier.

Kids Love Them!  My kids truly love these as part of their breakfast in the morning, or as a side dish with dinner.  They are 100% kid friendly!

Easy and quick, delicious, satisfying, and healthy, these crispy, soft, sweet fried plantains will become your new go favorite!  Paleo and Whole30 friendly, sugar free, vegan, refined oil free, and loved by all!

So without further ado, the easiest excuse for a recipe you’ll find on the internet!

This recipe serves 2-4 as a side dish, depending on portions.  Give yourself more if you can get away with it or just double, or triple the number of plantains if there’s gonna be a fight.

Easy and quick, delicious, satisfying, and healthy, these crispy, soft, sweet fried plantains will become your new go favorite!  Paleo and Whole30 friendly, sugar free, vegan, refined oil free, and loved by all!

Crispy Soft Sweet Fried Plantains

Easy and quick, delicious, satisfying, and healthy, these crispy, soft, sweet fried plantains will become your new go favorite!  Paleo and Whole30 friendly, sugar free, vegan, refined oil free, and loved by all!

Crispy, Soft, Sweet Fried Plantains {Paleo & Whole30}

Crispy, soft, sweet fried plantains free of seed oil or additives. Easy, quick, delicious and satisfying! They are Paleo and Whole30 friendly, vegan, gluten free, grain free, dairy free, and loved by all.
Author: Michele Rosen
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 7 minutes
Course: Side dish for any meal
Cuisine: Paleo
Servings: 3 side dish servings
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4.56 from 9 votes

Ingredients

  • 1 large plantain yellow to mottled yellow-black (ripe)
  • 2 tbsp coconut oil or ghee (clarified butter) if you prefer
  • Pinch of sea salt or more, to taste

Instructions

  1. Heat your coconut oil in a large non-stick skillet (or seasoned cast iron) over med heat
  2. Peel your plantain by cutting off the ends and then scoring the peel twice to make it easy to peel, peel should slip off easily this way
  3. Slice plantain so you get med-thick round slices
  4. Fry plantains in coconut oil, making sure they don't touch each other. When the bottoms are golden brown, flip to brown the other side.
  5. Lightly with the back of a fork or spatula, press down on each one to flatten just a bit. Adjust the heat to avoid burning the second side.
  6. Remove from pan and add the salt Eat right away! But maybe wait a sec so you don't burn your mouth like I do every time without fail!

Nutrition

Calories: 150kcal
Carbohydrates: 19g
Protein: 0g
Fat: 9g
Saturated Fat: 7g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Sodium: 2mg
Potassium: 297mg
Fiber: 1g
Sugar: 8g
Vitamin A: 675IU
Vitamin C: 11mg
Iron: 0.4mg

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Now wasn’t that insanely easy?  I recommend serving with eggs, mainly because this is how I eat them 90% of the time (have you seen my Instagram?!) but they’d really go well as a side dish with anything.  But well, the yolks, probably try dipping these in the yolks before ruling out serving them with eggs!

Easy and quick, delicious, satisfying, and healthy, these crispy, soft, sweet fried plantains will become your new go favorite!  Paleo and Whole30 friendly, sugar free, vegan, refined oil free, and loved by all!

Eating sweet fried plantains is also one of my favorite ways to get carbs in as a paleo runner since they’re so system friendly and tasty.  Hope you try them!  Enjoy!

If you’re a plantain lover like I am, you’ll also love these delicious recipes:

Sweet Plantain Apple & Bacon Breakfast Hash

Sweet Plantain Apple & Chicken Sausage Hash

Sweet Caramel Cinnamon Baked Plantains

Spicy Plantain and Beef Breakfast Hash

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More than a little into running and paleo recipes (yoga now too!) but I'm not here to rain on your grains (or anything else) so come along for the ride! I do a little too much of everything (except cleaning), and I enjoy laughing at myself. As long as I'm the one making the jokes, that is. Just kidding. So bring me your angst, your appetite and your frying pan and climb aboard!

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  1. Morgan says

    April 12, 2014 at 5:14 pm

    haha my kids always discuss the plantains (dirty bananas) at the supermarket, i might have to actually buy one next time…

    Reply
    • Michele says

      April 12, 2014 at 7:45 pm

      Yup, at my house it’s “ew yucky bananas!”

      Reply
  2. Liza says

    May 28, 2014 at 11:05 am

    Plantains (maduros) are very common in Miami. I used to feel guilty eating them. But now I just fry them in coconut oil and enjoy them guilt free. Not sure if its the coconut oil or the fact that I don’t feel guilty but they taste so much better!!

    Reply
    • Michele says

      May 28, 2014 at 12:20 pm

      I love them in coconut oil too…I think they were meant to be together that way! Plantains are such a great nutrient dense food so no need for guilt 🙂

      Reply
  3. Cayanne Marcus @healthyezsweet says

    May 18, 2016 at 1:57 pm

    YESSS! Committing to making this at least once or twice before returning to Panama, Wish I realized how easy it is sooner!

    Reply
  4. Carrie says

    April 4, 2017 at 1:12 pm

    SO delicious!!!!!! I added cinnamon after cooking too!

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    • Michele says

      April 5, 2017 at 9:27 am

      Great! These are my almost-everyday go-to 🙂

      Reply
  5. Taneisha says

    October 28, 2017 at 10:40 am

    4 stars
    I’m from Jamaica, plantains are served with pretty much everything. It’s a favourite in every household!

    Reply
    • Michele says

      October 30, 2017 at 6:31 pm

      Love it! Wish I’d been eating them longer 🙂

      Reply
  6. Christi Sai says

    September 11, 2018 at 6:27 pm

    These were easy and great! Definitely turn the heat down halfway to the end or they do get burned!

    Reply
  7. Kelly Z says

    February 21, 2019 at 8:51 pm

    5 stars
    So easy, and so delicious! 3 ingredients and a fan favorite for myself, my husband, my 15-month old, and the dog, ha! I have never cooked plantains before and loved how simple this was. Thanks for the great recipe!

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    • Michele says

      February 22, 2019 at 3:20 pm

      So thrilled you enjoyed them!

      Reply
  8. P says

    July 8, 2019 at 10:48 am

    5 stars
    Very good

    Reply
  9. Pauline Bridges says

    March 10, 2020 at 1:34 am

    Could I cook it grape seed oil or olive oil. I don’t have coconut oil . This my first time try them how do it taste?

    Reply
  10. Maggie Lauder says

    November 28, 2020 at 7:21 am

    5 stars
    Yes I did and the first time 😊- delicious 😋 with eggs

    Reply

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