Fried Sweet Plantains (platanos Maduros Fritos)

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 ripe plantains, peeled and cut diagonally into 1 inch slices
• 1/2 lemon, juice of
• salt

Recipe

• 1 in a large skillet, melt the butter with the olive oil over medium heat; add the plantain slices and fry for about 4 minutes on each side, moving the slices with a spatula occasionally to prevent sticking.
• 2 remove the plantains from the skillet with a slotted spoon and let drain on paper towels.
• 3 transfer to a large, warm serving platter, sprinkle with lemon juice and salt and serve warm.
• 4 *unripeplantains are green and hard, as they ripen they turn yellow and then get mottled with dark spots; ripe plantains are sweet and soft and are brownish-black in color and resemble overripe bananas; to ripen a plantain, keep them in a warm place until they turn yellow, then brownish-black.