Snacks · 20 min · 2 servings

Banana cue.

Caramelised plantain skewers

Ripe plantain fried and glazed in brown sugar, on a skewer.

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Banana cue, plated
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On your plate.

182kcal
1.1protein · g
37.6carbs · g
4.5fat · g

Portion ÷ 100 × published source values. Numbers are rounded for display.

What goes in.

Amounts for the whole recipe. Ingredient states matter.

  • Plantain · ripe, raw240 g
  • Brown sugar30 g
  • Coconut oil12 g

At the stove.

  1. Fry the peeled plantains in the oil.
  2. Add the sugar and turn until it caramelises around them.
  3. Skewer and share between two.

Ingredients are weighed in the state listed, cooked where it says so. Share all the sauce and oil across the servings. No cooking-yield adjustment is hidden in the calculation.

How we counted this

Weighed ingredients, in their USDA state. Makes 2 servings. A cook’s own recipe may differ.

Plantain · ripe, rawFDC 169130240 g × 122 / 100
= 292.8 kcal
Brown sugarFDC 16883330 g × 380 / 100
= 114 kcal
Coconut oilFDC 17141212 g × 892 / 100
= 107 kcal

513.8 kcal ÷ 2 = 256.9 kcal / serving

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