🇧🇫 Burkinabe Cuisine

Alloco

Fried Plantain with Chili

Prep Time 15 min

Servings 4

Difficulty Easy

Calories 334 kcal

Thick slices of ripe plantain deep-fried to golden perfection and served with a fiery chili-onion sauce, a beloved Burkinabe street snack.

Ingredients

4 ripe plantains, peeled and sliced thick
Vegetable oil for frying
2 onions, sliced into rings
2 habanero peppers, sliced
1 tbsp vinegar
Salt to taste

Instructions

1 Peel plantains and cut into thick diagonal slices.
2 Heat oil to 175°C in a deep pan.
3 Fry plantain slices in batches until deep golden on both sides, about 3-4 minutes per side.
4 Drain on paper towels.
5 Mix sliced onions, habanero, vinegar, and salt to make the accompaniment sauce.
6 Serve hot plantains topped with the onion-chili mixture.

Did You Know?

Alloco vendors in Bobo-Dioulasso are so skilled they can tell plantain ripeness by touch alone — too green and it is starchy, too soft and it falls apart.