Butter-Fried Plantain Toasts
Thick-sliced plantain fried in butter until the edges caramelize, topped like toast. The starch rotation for the week the potatoes run out.
- Total
- 17 min
- Yield
- 2
- Category
- Breakfast
5 prep · 12 cook
servings
Plantain
Ingredients
0 / 4Method
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Step 1
Peel the plantains and slice lengthwise into quarters - long, flat, toast-shaped pieces.
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Step 2
Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat until it foams.
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Step 3
Lay the plantain slices flat and fry 4 to 5 minutes per side, until the edges go deep gold and caramelized.
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Step 4
Salt them hot. Serve sweet with honey and butter, or savory under a fried egg, a scoop of pâté, or smoked fish.
Why this recipe
Why plantain
Plantains are the tropical starch on the list - potassium-dense like the potato, with a different sugar profile that makes them read as breakfast food. The rotation keeps narrow on purpose: white rice, potatoes, masa, plantain, cassava. This is the one that tastes like dessert without being one.
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