Air Fried Plantain. Find Deals on Fried Plantains in Snack Food on Amazon. Brush or spray air fryer basket with oil. Lay the plantain slices next to each other in a single layer in the basket of the air fryer.
Using a black peeled plantain will result in very sweet fried plantains.
If you don't have an air fryer you can also fry up your plantains the old-fashioned way.
Air Fryer Tostones (Twice Fried Plantains) Tostones are a staple in Latin American countries and the Caribbean.
You can cook Air Fried Plantain using 2 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook it.
With a Latin mom, I grew up eating tostones and always loved them. As a kid I would help her smash them before they went back in the oil for a second time. Air Fryer Cuban Sweet Plantains Platanos Maduros, sometimes referred to as "Sweet Black Bananas," have all the sweet, flavor of the fried version, but uses only a teaspoon of oil. Put away your bottle of Crisco and let your Air Fryer become your new best friend.
Anyone who knows anything about Miami, knows that there is some GOOD CUBAN FOOD all over the City! Tostones are made with green (unripe) plantains and are a very popular side dish in many Caribbean and South American countries. The traditional method is to twice-fry the plantains in oil, but this air-fried version of my Puerto Rican family's recipe is much lighter as it uses olive oil spray instead of deep-frying. Tostones: Tostones are traditionally raw, or green skinned, plantains that are twice fried in a lot of oil. They can be quite high in calories because the flesh absorbs a lot of the oil.