From Ely's kitchen
Oil-Free Air Fryer Sweet Plantains
Ripe plantains cut into long strips and air fried without oil until golden and caramelized at the edges.
Labels
- Oil free
- Whole food
- Gluten free
- Quick
- SOS free
- No added sugar
- No added salt
- Soy free
- Peanut free
- Tree nut free
- Sesame free
- Low fat
No peanut, tree nut, soy, gluten or sesame ingredients in this recipe; check your product labels for traces.
Low fat2% of calories from fat
How we label fat
2% of this recipe's calories come from fat, counting 4 kcal per gram of carbohydrate and protein and 9 per gram of fat. On our scale under 10% of calories from fat is low fat, 10% to under 20% medium, 20% or more high.
Ingredients
For 2 servings.
Tick ingredients as you go. Nutrition below stays per serving.
Method
Pick ripe plantains: yellow with plenty of black spots, or mostly black. The riper they are, the sweeter.
Cut off both ends, slit the peel along its length and pull it off. Cut each plantain in half across, then lengthwise into strips about 1 cm (½ inch) thick.
5 min
Lay the strips in one layer in the air fryer basket, without oil, on a piece of parchment paper so the sugars do not stick.
Air fry at 190 °C (375 °F) for 12 to 16 minutes, turning the strips halfway, until golden with dark caramelized edges.
15 min
Let them rest for a minute, then serve warm.
Tips
- Green plantains do not caramelize: they are starchy and stay dry. Keep them for patacones.
- Parchment paper slows the air a little; if the tops stay pale, give them 2 or 3 minutes more.
Nutrition Facts
Per serving, estimated from USDA data for the ingredients above. % Daily Value is for an adult, US FDA values.
Real data for 100% of the recipe's weight.
| Nutrient | Per serving | % DV |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 220 kcal | |
| Protein | 2.3 g | 5% |
| Fat | 0.6 g | 1% |
| Carbohydrates | 57 g | 21% |
| Fiber | 3.1 g | 11% |
| Sugars | 32 g | |
| Saturated fat | 0 g | 0% |
| Sodium | 7.2 mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 877 mg | 19% |
| Calcium | 5.4 mg | 0% |
| Iron | 1 mg | 6% |
| Magnesium | 65 mg | 15% |
| Zinc | 0.3 mg | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 33 mg | 37% |
| Folate (DFE) | 40 µg | 10% |
| Vitamin A (RAE) | 101 µg | 11% |
| Vitamin K | 52 µg | 43% |
| Vitamin E | 0 mg | 0% |
| Vitamin B12 | 0 µg | 0% |
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Oil-Free Air Fryer Sweet Plantains: the full recipe, nutrition and photos at
makeitplantbased.com/recipe/oil-free-air-fryer-plantains/