Sweet Plantain Home Fries

Plantain home fries are a sweet Caribbean twist on traditional potato home fries. This mouthwatering mash up of sweet plantains, fresh herbs, and aromatics, is a quick breakfast or side dish.

Course Breakfast/Side Dish

Cuisine Guyanese

Keyword home fries, plantain home fries, sweet plantain home fries, sweet plantains

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings

Calories 243kcal

Author Althea Brown

Equipment

Large Pot
Large Skillet

Ingredients

4 ripe yellow plantains
1/2 yellow onion diced
4 heads of green onions finely chopped with white and green parts separated
3 baby bell peppers cut into circles
2 cloves of garlic grated or crushed
3 sprigs of thyme leaves removed from the stems
1 large tomato diced
2 tbsp oil
1 tsp plus a pinch of salt
a small pinch of black pepper

Instructions

Peel and dice plantains into 1 inch pieces.
Add plantains to a pot suitable for boiling and cover with water. Add 1 tsp salt and boil on medium heat until cooked (about 10 minutes)
Next, warm the oil in a large skillet on medium heat, then cook onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, and the white parts of the green onions. Add a pinch of salt and black pepper to the seasoning as they cook.
When the tomatoes cook down and are mushy, add the garlic, followed by the cooked plantains.
Sauté for 5 minutes constantly turning to avoid burning
Then add the green parts of the green onions and the fresh thyme leaves.
Toss and serve.

Notes

If your plantains are really ripe keep an eye on them while boiling or they will get too soft.
Boil plantains uncovered to keep it from boiling over and causing a huge mess.
I used baby bell peppers in this dish because I like to cut them into tiny circles but you can use regular bell peppers.
I don't add the garlic in with all of the seasoning in the beginning because I don't want it to burn.
If using a cast iron skillet, always use medium heat or you will burn the plantains.

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