Air Fryer Plantain chips
Air fryer plantain chips are crunchy with a hint of sweetness. Though these are salted, the innate sweetness of plantains shines from time to time. These Kerala-style banana chips are colored and spiced with turmeric giving them a taste characteristic of the Indian plantain chips.
Equipment
- Mandoline Slicer
- air fryer
Ingredients
- 2 Plantains green
- 2 tablespoon vegetable oil or Olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
Step 1 Cutting the plantain rings
- Peel the green plantains using a peeler. Go around twice to ensure that the fibrous peel is fully removed.
- While you work with another plantain, soak the peeled plantain in a large bowl filled with water. Then place the other plantain also in water.
- Let it soak in water for 10 minutes.
- Drain the water and dry them using a kitchen towel.
- Use a Mandoline slicer to make thin slices of peeled plantain bananas.
Step 2 Oiling the rings
- In a bowl, add the sliced plantains, oil, salt, and turmeric. Then mix the slices to coat them all with oil and spices.
- Make sure to separate the rings that are adhering to each other and ensure oiling them on each side.
Step 3 Air frying the plantain chips
- Preheat the air fryer to 350 0F. To do that, set the air fryer temperature to 3500F and let it run with an empty basket for 3-4 minutes. Please understand that preheating is important to get crunchy plantain chips in air fryer.
- Then, open the air fryer basket and put one-fourth of the plantain slices into it. Spread them evenly in the air fryer basket.
- Now, let them cook at 350 0F for 4-5 minutes. Then open the air fryer basket and flip the plantain chips. Put back the basket and cook for additional 4-5 minutes.
- When done, remove onto a plate and repeat with the rest.
Notes
- Choose the clean bananas that are green without any hint of yellow.
- Turmeric is optional. But it does make a difference.
- Soaking prevents the plantains from getting brown.
- Use a Mandoline slicer to get perfectly even slices of plantain.
- Make sure to separate the rings that are adhering to each other and ensure oiling them on each side.
- Preheating is the key to crunchy bananas.
- No need to spread them in a single layer, but do not just dump them in an air fryer in a single pile.
- 2 plantains will require 4 rounds of air frying, where we will place the rings made from about half a banana at a time.
- Make sure to cool the chips completely before storing them.
- If you are using a smaller air fryer, with a smaller basket, it will take much longer to cook. It is always a good idea to keep an eye on them. Open the basket often to see the progress of cooking.
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition
Calories: 114kcal
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