2. The frying and eating of ripe plantains was a matter of personal/individual preference, therefore, no one managed to convince the other of how they should fry ripe plantains.

To make sweet fried plantains in the air fryer, start by peeling ripe plantains with dark, almost black skins for maximum sweetness. Slice the plantains diagonally into ½-inch thick pieces, then ...

Also, unlike bananas, plantains aren't considered fully ripe until they're mostly black with just a touch of yellow remaining. At this point, the flesh is sweet and won't have too much give when ...

Green is unripe, while yellow to black colors indicate the plantains are ready. But be warned — even ripe plantains are not pleasant eating when raw. Stick with recipes such as this one for cooking.

These start with very ripe plantains, so the final product is sweet and caramelized. If you prefer your fried plantains savory, start with unripe plantains, slice them on a bias, fry them in oil ...

A bubbling pot of chicken stew with potatoes is a hearty, comforting thing. But substitute sweet plantains for the tubers, and suddenly dinner leaps from familiar and predictable to unexpected and ...