How to make Plátanos Maduros : Puerto Rican Fried Sweet Ripe Plantains

Today we are making a super sweet, delicious and naturally gluten-free side for your savory meals, Fried sweet plantains “maduros”.All you will need today is:
Ripened Plantains
Vegetable Oil
Frying Pan

Simply turn your stove up to a medium high. Once your oil is hot, (test it with a plantain, if it starts to sizzle it’s ready) place your plantains in the oil. Cook each side for about 2.5 – 3 minutes. Your plantains. Should be a bright golden color with light brown on it. Be careful not to leave them in for too long because they will burn and become bitter 😖. Once done remove from oil and place on paper towel or parchment paper. Plate and enjoy😊
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hello everyone and welcome back to my channel joyful jessie if you are new here i am jesse in today’s video i am going to be sharing with you guys how is it that we take a very ripe plantain it looks like a banana it is not a banana though it’s a very bright plantain and make this super delicious sweet fried plantains that you can use as a side on multiple meals so make sure to stick around and walk [Music] i’m going to be making which is sweet fried plantains i had a viewer request that i make a video on how to make this and here it is i am so super excited to share this with you if you are new here go ahead and make sure to click that subscribe button so that you never miss out when i post a new video like i had mentioned today i’m going to be sharing with you guys how is it that i make my fried sweet plantains we call them maduros and maduros is just the word for right if you missed my video on how to make tostones which is how to make the fried green plantains go ahead and make sure to check that out today i am going to take these plantains that i have had sitting around for two weeks two weeks they when i bought them they were green and i placed them in a brown paper bag to just give them some time to ripen because i want them to be nice and soft and ripened and they were ripe about three days ago but i didn’t want to use them quite yet because i wasn’t ready to make them and i was waiting for today so i placed them in the fridge to make sure that they did not get too like mushy or moldy or anything like that so um as you can see is nice and soft to the touch when i push it okay and to people who might see this and think ew my plantain has gone bad i am going to throw this away this is disgusting you’re gonna see how we can make this thing into something that is absolutely delicious and many of the tropical caribbean cultures they do eat fried sweet plantains so plantains grow there naturally is just out you know out there and we eat them green and then what happens when you have them sitting out for a little bit too long is that they become ripe so we don’t just want to throw stuff away we want to use that too and it is absolutely delicious they are so nice and soft and sweet how can we use this well once we fry them up there’s a couple options that we can have you can eat them by themselves because they’re super good or you can eat them as a side or you can make this thing called pasta alone which in the future i will make a video on how is it that you make that and pasta is just a layered almost lasagna type of thing without noodles instead of the noodles you use this use the ground meat you use the eggs but that’s not what we’re making today today we’re making just the maluros you can eat them on their own or you can add them as a side to your meal i personally like to use them whenever i make a rokun gandules so if you haven’t seen that video yet go ahead and check it out i also like to use it whenever i make white rice and pink beans or white rice and black beans so i also have two videos out for that i have one for the pink beans and one for the black beans so make sure to check that out if you want to make this as a side for one of those meals so let’s go ahead and get started let’s see how is it that we actually put this thing together i’m going to first start by peeling my plantains i like to cut the corners off first and then make a slice down the middle and then peel it with my hands [Music] look how nice and thin the skin of the plantain has already gone that means these are gonna be nice and sweet [Music] when i’m making the slice down the middle i like to use the tip of my knife also for some reason when the plantains do become ripe the skin is not as easy and as crisp to just slice the knife down the middle so just pay precaution with that [Music] now that my plantains are peeled i’m going to go ahead and slice them now there are several ways that you can slice them i’m slicing them slanted but some people just like to slice them um right like inside so they have like little rolls and then other people like to slice them in half and then slice them down the middle so they have kind of like a flatter longer plantain for this particular case i’m just slanting them then i’m going to head over to the stove and i’m going to turn it up to a medium high not a high but a medium high i’m going to put about half an inch of oil in my pan and then i’m going to let it heat up i know my oil is ready when i test it with one of them and it starts bubbling up that usually means that the hot the oil is hot enough now with these you want to keep a watchful eye on them because of the sugar content in them they do tend to burn easily so you don’t just want to walk away you don’t want to have the oil all the way in high you just want a medium high and just keep a watchful eye on them as you’re placing them you’re going to notice that they’re going to start to get like a bright golden around the edges i say i cooked mine for about two and a half to three minutes per side i kept in checking in on them just again i do not did not want them to get burned then at this point i turn them over and you’re going to see that it’s going to have like a light browning it’s not dark it’s like a light browning when you turn them over now halfway through before i started flipping these my camera turned off so um i don’t have the exact time on there but it was definitely in the other one you can kind of see that it was about two and a half minutes from when i put them in to when i turned them around you might want to use either parchment paper or a paper towel whenever you take your plantains out just to help the oil seep out of it i wouldn’t use napkins because they stick to the napkins trust me i know that because i experienced it the first time i took these out [Music] now that our my doodles are fried i’m gonna head over to the counter and i’m going to plate them very nicely i like presentation i think you know presentation make things look so nice and with these particular ones um they came up a little bit flimsy so i’m being very cautious as i’m plating them on the plate [Music] all right it’s now time for the real deal we’re gonna give this a nice little taste i think i’m just gonna use my fingers for it i’m not gonna lie i’ve tasted them already as i was taking them out i was just curious as how good they were gonna be truth be told if i knew like i had mentioned before um i had to put them in the fridge because i wasn’t ready to make them yet and so i put them in the fridge to stop them from ripening if i would have known they were this right um and would have thought about it beforehand i probably wouldn’t have sliced them sideways i would have just sliced them whole in rounds and fried them that way um to just help the consistency because they did come out a little floppy but they’re still good um i gave them to sean and he absolutely love them and they’re super sweet so let’s give it a try again very sweet and very soft this is the perfect maduro to use for pastelones oh my goodness perfect you know when you eat this with the savory stuff is that sweet and salty savory combination that just makes it amazing so there you go guys that is how i make my maduros my fried ripe plantains quick shout out and thank you to jennifer b for requesting me to make this video i hope that you do find this super helpful if any of you guys would like me to make a video of something to make that has to do with puerto rican culture and puerto rican recipes please go ahead and comment below i will be more than happy to go ahead and give it a try thank you so much for watching and please don’t forget to like and subscribe i will see you next time bye