Plátanos al Caldero [Video+Recipe] Dominican Caramelized Ripe Plantains

Platanos al Caldero Dominicano (Caramelized Ripe Plantains)

Plátanos al Caldero [Video+Recipe] Dominican Caramelized Ripe Plantains

Plátanos al Caldero - Recipe & Video (Caramelized Ripe Plantains): not a dessert. You heard right. It's a side dish that pleases our taste for mixing sweet and savory. A dish that will make you weak in the knees.

Course Dinner, Lunch

Cuisine Caribbean, Dominican, Latino

Keyword caramelized plantains recipe, cinnamon sugar plantains, how to make puerto rican sweet plantains, platanos recipe

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Total Time 15

Servings servings

Calories 301kcal

Author Clara Gonzalez

Ingredients

2 plantain (very ripe) (see notes)
4 cinnamon stick
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 cup water
3 tablespoons brown sugar
4 tablespoons golden rum (optional)
¼ teaspoon salt

Instructions

1. Prepare the plantains

Peel the plantains and cut into halves.
Stick the cinnamon into the plantains.

2. Fry

In a skillet heat the oil over medium heat, add the plantains and fry and rotate until golden brown all around.

3. Mix

In a separate container mix water, sugar, rum, and salt. Pour this mix into the frying pan (careful with splatters!).

4. Cook

Lower the heat and cook and rotate until the liquid turn into syrup left and ⅔ has evaporated.

5. Serve

Serve immediately.

Video

Notes

Your plantains MUST be very ripe for this to work. The peel should be almost black and the plantain a bit mushy when you squeeze it.

Don't eat the cinnamon sticks, pull them out prior to serving, or just eat around them.

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