If you're new to the world of plantains, here's everything you need to know. And if you're a plantain fan, stick around for some new recipe ideas.

Also called cooking bananas or green bananas, plantains are generally used more like a vegetable than a fruit. They can be boiled, fried, baked or sauteed, but not eaten raw.

This is a delicious sauce to serve with fried plantains, turkey burgers, cheese plates and chips. Makes about 2 cups. Ingredients 1 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 cup finely chopped red onion ...

To peel the plantains, cut the tips of both ends, make slits in the skin lengthwise, and unwrap the peel of the plantain under running water. For green plantains: Cut the plantain into 1-inch slices.

Peel and cut the bananas lengthwise into ¼- to ½-inch-thick slices (you don’t have to be exact). If you’re using large bananas or plantains, cut them in half crosswise first.

Kelewele (Fried Spicy Plantains) Jan. 21, 2021, 9:59 AM EST / Updated April 13, 2022, 6:59 PM PDT Nassima Rothacker / Zoe's Ghana Kitchen Zoe Adjonyoh ...