5 Puerto Rican Plantain Recipes

3. Canoas (Plantain Canoes)

Sweet and salty flavors come together in a beautiful way in this recipe. Sweet, ripe plantains are carved to look like little canoes and then filled with cheese and seasoned sauteed beef called “picadillo”. Click here to get the Canoas recipe.

Puerto Rican Plantain Canoes – Canoas

4. Guanimes (Plantain Rolls)

Guanimes are a type of Puerto Rican sweet and savory dumpling that can be made with a corn flour or green plantain base. This recipe uses plantains along with coconut milk and sugar for the dumplings, which are wrapped in plantain leaves and boiled in chicken broth. Serve these as a side dish or snack. Get the recipe for Guanimes.

Puerto Rican Plantain Rolls – Guanimes

5. Amarillitos (Sweet Fried Plantains)

Fried, sweet, ripe plantains are a simple, traditional side dish served throughout the Caribbean islands. They pair well with almost any savory dish, for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. The Puerto Rican version, called amarillitos, is distinguished by the plantain’s diagonal cuts. Try this traditional recipe for Amarillitos.

Puerto Rican Fried Ripe Plantains- Amarillitos

Share Your Plantain Recipes

Try any of these recipes for an exciting taste of Puerto Rico, or go bananas (er- plantains?? 😉 ) and try them all! To share your favorite plantain recipes with our readers, email the recipe and a picture to tti [at] tastetheislandstv [dot] com.