2 Ways to Cook Plantain Bananas | Bananaque & Caramel Banana Spring Rolls Recipes

Have some plantains banana lying around at home and don't know what to do? Here are 2 different easy ways to use them!

Bananacue Recipe

Bananacue is one of the most popular street food in the Philippines, they’re so easy and quick to make. For this recipe I couldn't find Saba bananas which are commonly used for cooking in the Philippines, so I used big plantain bananas and they came out totally fine. So enough talking and here's the recipe. Enjoy! 

Prep: 5 min
Cook: 5 min
Serves: 2

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 big plantain banana (sliced in 10 pieces)
• 1/3 cup white or brown sugar
• 1 cup cooking oil for frying

DIRECTIONS:

Heat a frying pan and pour-in cooking oil. When the oil is hot, deep fry the bananas for 2 minutes. Gradually put-in the sugar, adjust the heat to medium-low and continue cooking until the melted sugar coats the bananas. Gently stir the bananas so that they can get coated with melted brown sugar easily. Remove the cooked bananas one by one and skewer using a bamboo skewer. Let cool and serve!

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Caramel Banana Spring Rolls
(Turon) Recipe

Popular as a street snack, they’re easy to make, and you can alter the filling as you desire. This time I kept it simple and used just tiny slices of plantain and sugar as filling. 

Prep: 10 min
Cook: 5 min
Serves: 5

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 big plantain banana (sliced lengthwise)
• 5 spring roll wrappers 
• 1-2 cups oil for frying
• 7 tbsp sugar
• water

DIRECTIONS:

Working with 1 spring roll wrapper at a time, place wrapper at an angle on a work surface so it forms a diamond shape. Place 2 slices of banana in a horizontal line on the bottom half of the wrapper and top with 1 tbsp sugar. Dip your fingers in water and run them along the edge of the wrapper to make them easier to fold. Then fold up the bottom corner over the filling to cover. Fold in the sides of the wrapper and roll up to enclose the filling, use a little more water to make the wrapper stick together.

Heat the oil in a large skillet or frying pan over low heat. When the oil is hot, add the banana spring rolls a few at a time, gradually sprinkle 2 tbsp sugar and fry for 3-5 minutes on each side or until crisp and golden. Remove and allow to cool for 10 minutes.