Description
Pickled Green Bananas are boiled green bananas marinated in an acidic sauce. Great as a side dish or appetizer.
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Ingredients
Marinating Sauce:
- 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ cup white vinegar
- 4 to 6 garlic cloves, sliced
- 1 to 2 large onions, sliced
- ⅓ cup stuffed olives
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon of lite salt or to taste
- 20 whole black peppercorns.
Green Bananas
- 8 Green Bananas
- 8 cups of water
- ½ tablespoon of lite salt or to taste
- ½ tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
Add ¼ cup of roasted red bell peppers (canned and sliced) to add color to this dish.
Instructions
- Cut off ends of green bananas and make a slit lengthwise from top to bottom barely touching the flesh.
- Bring 8 cups of water to a boil in a large saucepan. Add salt and olive oil.
- Add green bananas and boil for 20 minutes or until tender.
- Remove from saucepan and set aside to cool.
- Peel boiled green bananas and cut into ½-inch to 1-inch round slices.
- Place round slices in large bowl.
- In a small saucepan, add all the ingredients for the marinating sauce. Stir until well blended.
- Simmer for 15 to 20 minutes or until slices of garlic and onion are soft, stirring occasionally.
- Pour marinade sauce over cooked green bananas. Add slices of roasted red pepper for color.
- Stir all the ingredients until the cooked green bananas are well coated with the marinade.
- Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.
- Stir all the ingredients and serve as an appetizer with toothpicks or as a side dish to accompany with your favorite meat or fish.
- Category: Appetizers
- Method: Boiling
- Cuisine: Puerto Rican
Keywords: Pickled Green Bananas, Guineos en Escabeche