I imagine some of you are not very familiar with plantain. It looks like a huge banana and unlike banana, you have to cook it to be able to eat. It’s good for cooking both savoury food and dessert, and it’s packed with vitamins and minerals. This oven plantain fries are good alternative to potato fries and they are more nutritious and healthier!
I find it difficult to decide what side dish to prepare to serve with a potato based main, especially when salad as a side dish doesn’t seem enough so I twist my brain to come up with ideas for another side. Sometimes I make polenta chips (fries), cauliflower wings, roasted chickpeas and so on. When I saw two plantains in the fridge today I decided to make this oven plantain fries to serve with vegan shepherd’s pie .
How to make oven plantain fries
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Preheat the oven to 210°C (gas mark 7). Prepare a baking tray lined with baking paper.
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Cut the plantains into sticks like fries and put them on the prepared baking tray. Drop the oil, salt, black pepper and the cumin (optional) and mix with a spoon to coat the plantain sticks.
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Place the plantain sticks nicely without overlapping and put in the oven, bake for 20 minutes or until golden. Do not forget to turn over halfway through the cooking.
It’s very easy to make this fries and so delicious! Serve with dipping sauce or vegan mayonnaise but it tastes great as is as well.
Plantain Oven Fries
Ingredients
- 2 large plantain not too ripe, not too green
- 1 tbsp oil I used sunflower oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp cumin optional
Tofu dipping sauce (if you are using)
- 50 g tofu
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 210°C (gas mark 7). Prepare a baking tray lined with baking paper.
- Cut the plantains into sticks like fries and put them on the prepared baking tray. Drop the oil, salt, black pepper and the cumin (optional) and mix with a spoon to coat the plantain sticks.
- Place the plantain sticks nicely without overlapping and put in the oven, bake for 20 minutes or until golden. Do not forget to turn over halfway through the cooking.
Tofu dipping sauce (if you are using)
- Blend all of the ingredients in an immersion blender until smooth. Serve with the plantain fries!