HOW TO FRY GREEN PLANTAINS || THE BEST AND SIMPLEST WAY || JAMAICAN STYLE 

I’m Puerto Rican and it’s amazing to see how we all eat the same in the Caribbean! We call them tostones and the process is a bit different but it’s the same result! Nice recipe👌🏾

Hello Mel, I’m in Louisiana. I cook the yellow plantains in butter and sweeten them with nutmeg and brown sugar. They cook in a buttery sweet sauce , then I add rum and serve them over vanilla ice cream. Thanks for sharing!

As I am from Scotland and live in Bulgaria I have never tried plantains. But today, to my great surprise there were green plantains at the market: so I am very grateful for your video on how to cook them, and tonight, when my wife gets back from work I can cook them for her with a dish of prawns.

I LOVE the fact that you told & showed STEP BY STEP IN DETAIL with GREAT VIEWING on what to do & what to expect. 👍👍👍👍👍 and i love your culture accent😉

Mel, omggggg. I made plantains for my sister an served with garden fresh salad. She said "I'm not eating that!" 😳😳🤢🤢I told her just take a bite of the smallest one. So Mel, tell me why am I over here making more?!🥰🥰🥰🥰 She ate the whole thing...lmao thanks so much!

We do the same in Cameroun and we call it " tapé tapé" which means " beat beat" since we hit it to get it flattened. WE mostly use the semi riped plantains and we eat it with some roasted or grilled fish with some onions on top. It's to die for!!!! It's amazing to see you do the same in Jamaica.

She is doing a wonderful job it's like watching my grandmother cook I love her

Wow...my bf just suprised me with fried riped plantain n fried eggs. Its my first time i eat it. Its delicious. Its like sweet chilli. It taste sweet. I enjoyed it.

Yummy. So many cries about the use of towel. How come people don't complain about use of cheese cloth in the food industry? She should have said that the towel was specially made for pressing plantains and was approved by . . .

Thank you for this video! I bought a couple plantains and fried them today, but realized that I need to watch some tutorials as they were a bit dry. This is very detailed and much appreciated!

Thank you Mel. I like the pressing because they become crispy to me. I like when it crispy

Really like this video I was just given some green plantains and I thought I had to wait until they turned yellow but when I scrolled down and saw your video, it is just what I need to work with. Thank you so much!!

Just finished cooking this and it tastes amazing! It has the same taste and consistency as potato wedges!

Sensational! I have learned another method to prepare it. I’m from Cuba and all cubans adore the bananas, plantains. Thanks

I love this! I always wanted to have smashed green plantains made by my own hand. Thank you 🙏🏽 💕

I am a Filipino, I love fried plantain, I will try this recipe, thanks for sharing.

thank you so much you are really clear and to the point, very few videos are done this way. I feel confident, I think I'm going to make these this weekend.

Ive always loved plantains. Great easy to follow vid!

Shalom! These plantains look very yuuuuuuumy! I have always wanted to know how to cook them and now I know just how to because of you. Thank you ad blessings to you and yours!

My mother use to soak the plantain in salt water before then she would cover the pot and would press them between the plaintain skin ,mess free ,lint free and no towel to wash after..

This video was super helpful. I love how the plantains turned out and they look amazingly delicious!!! I appreciated you for sharing.

Great thanks, I'm going to try that now! I have had two of them in my fridge for over a week and didn't know what to do with them!

Now, I can try to make some fried plantains. Last time I tried, I almost burn myself. Great learning and Thank you!

I am just learning how to make plantains & I followed your directions. They turned out beautiful and my husband loved them. I loved your tip of frying twice and flattening in between. Mine were a little riper than yours but still turned out lovely. Thank you!

Lovely very nice love those Plantains👍👌

nummers 😊😊 I love fried green plantains.

Oh Wowee! Five years later and I love this easy peazy recipe. I always forget to smash them down, but this time I did! Thank you.🤩

Good cooking video, I enjoy eating plantains, thanks for sharing💚.

Thanks for a great idea, my husband loves fry plantains and for sure this I have to try, also the comments are helpful with the use of the plantain skin. 1♥️

Thank you for sharing gonna make them today 😘

You did a great Job!💯 Awesome video and presentation! I will definitely be trying this! Keep up the good work and God bless🙌🙌

love love plantains thanks I really learn something good.

looks delicous will try it today . i make fried ripe plantain sandwich also but will try it your way thanks for shareing

Best to use baking paper or put the plantain on a plate and use another or cup to crush it. I find using a rag alot more unsanitary

Yummm I love this I will try it looks delicious thank you for sharing

I just finished making them! And my sweetie really liked them too! Thanks!

I only accept recipes from the real ancestors of this! Thank you🎉

I love this a lot of people don't know that you can fry them grain I do the ripe ones in the green ones at the same time my grandmother used to cook them I love them both of course the ripe ones this week but the green ones have a taste that I love

These are my FAVORITE

Yummy... I can't wait to try, thanks for sharing!

Wow how u know it help me bc its crazy my family is Hispanic background a d i never knew this secret. Now i don't have to buy them anymore thanks love. This video is👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

Looks yummy and I cant wait to try it.

I know a Guyanese man who does his the same way It a nice change from the way we do it in barbados

OMG 🤤🤤 it looks delicious 😋😋 first time bought it yesterday and I'm gonna fry my plantains tomorrow 🤤. thanks for the instruction.

Beautifully done ✅. Yummy 😋

Hi Mel, just found your cooking channel,didn't know you had another channel.Never made fry plantain before will try it look good.

Wow this looks amazing.

Cant wait to try this I just bought some palantin!!

Making these NOW. Subscribed thanks.

They taste so good the first time I had them fried like that, a Spanish lady made them. I thought it was corn bread but I didn't know and she had this finely chopped salsa with beans and rice and chicken. I was the best dish ever!

great idea I am going to try that now because i love plantain banana i used to microwave for 8 minutes thank you

Thank you for the great lesson!

Thank you ma'am for very good 👍video.

You taught me something. Thanks.. Im guessing the pressing is for more even heat exchange while cooking. I bought a couple plantains the other day, unaware of the adventure I was in for. Should be fun. Best wishes from Texas.

Amazing 🤭👏One of my Favorite snack Fry . but this my first time I saw raw green banana planting thank You for Sharing and different way .🥰🇺🇸🇵🇭

Thank you so much! I just tried it, and they turned out amazing!

It's best to use a patchment paper than a towel. If I see someone using a towel I won't eat it. We called it in my home country "tapé tapé" I just made it.

Use the plaintian skin to press each peice or paper towel. I am Jamaican I do mine a little different the same results. Mel they are looking really yummy

My tati and dad made these. The Dominican restaurants always had them in NY. When I went to Cali it was rare to find a Carribean restaurant that served them. The Ethiopian ones had them but there were very few. Had to learn to make my own. Thank you!

I love it!

Nice! I got this recommended after I posted by own cuisine video! Sweet stuff!

Hi Mel! Thanks for the recipe! I am a new subscriber and can hardly wait to try this delicious treat 😋 Blessings & Aloha 🌻

Press plantains are my favorites! Yummers!

Thanks for how to use these. I have seen them in stores for years and never knew how to use them. I love them fired almost as well as I do cooked in butter and sugar.

Wow am loving this guys ..

Those look so good!!!!

Everybody do their thing different.

My goodness. I just wanted to say thank you for sharing but have to click off bc I’m getting so hungry 😋

thank you so much sister, your video is very inspiring really awesome.

I use two small plates to press them. This is my favorite with steak and onions 😋

Thank You....And all the while, I've been buying the already ripe plantains to cook this way. But you've showed me a better way, and that is not to waste time buying ripe bananas, unless I'm going to boil them only.

I honestly learned how to use plantains today. Going to try this out. Looks great. Could eat these morning, noon and night. I love the crispiness and shape. I think if they were browner, that would be overdoing it. This is really a great video!

Looks great 👍🏼

Thank you I bought some today and I'm going to make just like this video.something different for me

I come from swift river Portland, my grand father use banana leaf

Hey I always wondered how to flattened them thanks

Thank you for the easiest recipe...I was looking for...❤️from India...

I have never seen plantains before but this week I saw them in the supermarket. I bought one to try it, I'm going to make your recipe today. I'm super excited. 😁

I like to use the yellow plantains and keep for 3 days before cooking. On 3rd day, prepare small sweet potatoes and cut the plantains and potatoes the same size. Line a shallow aluminum broiling pan with both swt potatoes and sweet plantains. Sprinkle with raisins, drizzle with honey to taste, sprinkle with cinnamon generously, add a pinch of freshly grated whole nutmeg and a sprinkling of light brown sugar. Put in preheated 350° oven, not too high for 30- 45 minutes. keep checking so it doesn't burn.And let bake till tender or slightly golden brown. Not only is this dish very tasty but it is very healthy as well! Enjoy from my own recipe!

Those were the days when you cook with a wood fire outside, get up at 5 am to go to the river to get water for cooking and cleaning and you bathe while you are there u gotta go to school as well, and you drink tea from a sweet milk can as a cup, and use gourd to dip up water, and cheese pan with the coffee or tea that’s the pot then banana leaf is the plate, and grand father use banana string as belt good old days, good old days no video games, no tv.

The video was over 115k yesterday. Today it is over 120k.👌👋👋

Isn’t this amazing. I have always fried ripe plantains. This is something to definitely try. Thanks for sharing

I really enjoyed making these today. The kids really enjoyed them. Thank you. Nice simple and easy.

I can’t wait to try this, Mel! Thanks for the tutorial:-)

Looks yummy. Thanks for sharing.

Interesting way of frying green plantain. I make the round. We coll it "Tostones" I'll definitely try to make it your way one of these days.

I’m Puerto Rican, and we love eating them with garlic on them and then we dip them in mayo/ketchup , love the video

Hi I just subscribed. I'm Portuguese and this is not in our cuisine, but I love plantains! My neighbors were from Puerto Rico, and I'd always go over to eat, been making them ever since. Thank you for sharing this.

I am going to try it your style. Look great!

Ty, this was right on time. Idk why I thought it would be a lot harder than this. Bout to make it now, no cap.

thank you for sharing these videos, lets stay connected

Thanks! Tried yesterday and it was delicious!

MMM looks delicious, Thank you.

I really like it. I just tried it and it taste so good. Thanks

Can’t wait to make them 💛

I’ve been growing plantains for 20 years thinking they were an inedible variety of banana so I’ve been cutting the thing down at the base after they fruit and tossing in my compost pile. Today I went outside and cut one bunch off and looked up your video and did exactly as you said. Mel, it was delicious!! Now I have to decide what to do with the hundred or so I have hanging. It was easier when I thought they were inedible. Plantains anyone?

Great video! You’re like the Jamaican aunt that cooks delicious food. I love to visit! Lol

You got lots patient to fry your plantain I fry my plantain once and that’s all. But now I saw your recipe I will try your recipe. Thanks again 🙏💃🎵

I made them for the first time last week! They tasted exactly like French fries 😋🍟

Plantains look beautiful and delicious. Thanks