[Recipe + Video] Plátanos al Caldero (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
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.