Recipes posted a year ago:
Plantains are basically a type of banana (or are bananas basically a type of plantain?) that are more starchy and less sweet. They are a staple food of climates more tropical than ours in the Northwest, and are usually prepared or cooked in some way before serving – making them possible to be eaten both green and ripe. Patacones are thin slices of green plantain that are fried crispy – much like potato chips here in America. For this recipe, however, we opted to start them out a little thicker and bake them, with an extra step in the middle to yield something more resembling a cracker than a chip. We also used a couple of plantains that were more ripe to give these tidbits a slight hint of sweetness without being overpowering.
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