{"id":222,"date":"2011-02-02T14:59:20","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T21:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/?p=222"},"modified":"2011-04-02T15:00:18","modified_gmt":"2011-04-02T22:00:18","slug":"tropical-delight-fried-plantains-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/tropical-delight-fried-plantains-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropical Delight &#8211; Fried Plantains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ok so the title of this post is more than a little cheesy, but these things were delicious!<\/p>\n<p>We heated coconut oil (about 1\/8&#8243; deep) in a pan on medium-high. Then  we cut the plantains lengthwise into 1\/2-3\/4&#8243; slices (make sure you cut  before peeling) and fried them until golden brown. Next, we smashed  them flat between two plates (1\/8&#8243; thick) and fried them again. Finally,  we sprinkled on some salt and ate them all.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/friedplants.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-223\" title=\"friedplants\" src=\"http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/friedplants.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/friedplants.jpg 512w, http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/friedplants-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The consistency of the finished product seems to be based heavily on  the ripeness of the plantains. Greener plantains will be stiffer  throughout &#8211; almost dry. I liked the ripe plantains better as they were  crispy on the outside and gooey on the inside.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left;margin-right:10px;\"><iframe allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets\/tweet_button.html?url=http:\/\/bit.ly\/hdzsaw&counturl=http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/tropical-delight-fried-plantains-2\/&text=Tropical Delight - Fried Plantains&count=none&lang=en&via=engrevo&related=\" style=\"width:55px; height:20px;\"><\/iframe><\/div><div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:25px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/tropical-delight-fried-plantains-2\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok so the title of this post is more than a little cheesy, but these things were delicious! We heated coconut oil (about 1\/8&#8243; deep) in a pan on medium-high. Then we cut the plantains lengthwise into 1\/2-3\/4&#8243; slices (make sure you cut before peeling) and fried them until golden brown. Next, we smashed them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.engrevo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}