What is plantain?
Plantain
A big, starchy cousin of the banana that's cooked, not eaten raw. Green ones are savory; nearly black ones are sweet.
What it tastes like
Green plantain is starchy and potato-like, great fried crisp. Ripe plantain goes soft, caramelized and sweet like a banana on vacation.
Where you’ll see it
Caribbean, Latin American and West African menus as tostones, maduros, mofongo, chips and kelewele.
Related words
- yuca
- taro
- jackfruit