Plantains....or bananas? Recipe: Plantain chips

So we moved into our new house 6 months ago. Funny how when we were looking i desperately wanted a property with fruit trees. Little did i know that the house we bought was surrounded by heaps of them!

The most noticeable was this tree -



Which we initially thought was a banana tree. Except 5 months later while slightly larger the bananas were no less green and rather fat. Which, as we found out, is because they are plantains, not bananas.

Matt cut down the whole stalk and we put it into a garbage bag under the house. A week or so later they turned yellow.



Now i'm normally a savory kind of person, but as a yellow plantain, it seems they can be both sweet and savory.

Originally i was going to do a curry, but instead i made these:

Plantain chips (inspired by recipe on E-how.com)

1. Slice open plantain
2. Wash with warm water.
3. Slice horizontally into very thin thin slices
4. Fry (i used olive oil) - approx 2 min each side or until golden brown
5. Dry on oil
6. Season (i used garlic salt, a little bit of cayenne pepper and lime zest)
7. Enjoy!