This delicious side dish or snack can be prepared in different ways. If you like, you can add some guava paste between the plantains to go along with the cheese.
This is one of those recipes I watched my grandmother make throughout my life. As you’ve probably noticed, there are a lot of plantain recipes in Colombian cuisine and this one is very traditional.
Ingredients
(8 aborrajados)
2 large very ripe plantains
Vegetable oil for frying
8 mozzarella cheese slices about 2” x ½” and ½ “thick
For the batter:
2 eggs
4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoons milk
Pinch salt
Directions
1. Peel the plantains and cut cross-wise into 8, 1 ½” chunks.
2. Fill a large pot one-third full with vegetable oil and heat to 360°.
3. Add the plantain chunks into the hot oil and fry them about 3 minutes or until golden.
4. Meanwhile, make the batter: mix the flour, sugar and salt in a small bowl. Add the eggs. Gradually, stir in the milk to make a smooth batter. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside.
5. Remove the plantains with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.
6. Place the plantain chunks onto pieces of parchment paper or plastic and flatten them to ¼” thickness.
7. Place 1 cheese slice in the center of one plantain pattie and cover with another pattie, like making a sandwich, and press the edges of the plantain sandwich to enclose the cheese completely.
8. Dip the sandwich in the batter and add to the oil, in batches. Fry for 1 minute on each side or until golden brown. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Serve warm.
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these look too good to be true
OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Estos aborrajados se ven espectaculares!!!! Que maravilla de platillo! no puedo creer que no los descubro sino hasta ahora: suenan como algo que yo adoraria!
Ultimamente he encontrado platanos muy bueno, lo cual es inusual en estas partes del mundo. Ayer justamente hice un platanon: que es como una lasagna, pero con platanos fritos en vez de pasta. Jajajaja no light en lo absoluto, pero delicioso 100%!
Rebecca,
Thank you!
Marta.
Esa lasagna suena riquisima!
Mouth watering! Great recipe for my Sunday brunch ~
Thanks for sharing your recipe:)
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Yum! I love how cheesy inside these fritters are! Delicious!
OMG
This looks amazing!
Sort of like an arepa in concept…though I don’t think you really need any guayaba since the platanos are sweet. Very nice.
You have great pictures and I love these dishes. I’ve never made plantains at home before. My husband loves them….I should give these a try. They look delicious!!
I would be in deep trouble if I had ready access to thes beauties, I think its better if I admire from afar.
I LOVE THESE! I am a huge maduros fan, but have never had them with cheese like this, it looks AMAZING : )
That’s it!!! No more messing around. I really need to buy some plantains and soon. The drool factor on this is off the hook!
Thanks for visiting my blog and for your fabulous posts.
And I like very much this fruit – cheese combination!
yummmyyy.. i love the filling inside these fritters.. totally drool worthy.
I had the thrill of spending a month in South America last March…the flavors and meals I had were unreal!! And I had these fritters! Close to them anyways, and I thank you so much for the recipe!
I will cook this for a side dish for tomorrow Christmas Eve! =]=]=] Thank you for the wonderful tasty idea! <3
I can’t believe I ran across this website. I was looking for the Pandebonos recipe when this recipe caught my eye. When I was very young, a lady lived with us and made something similar to this only using fresh ripe bananas. It had an unbelievable center of melted cheese and as an adult many years later I tried to duplicat the recipe with no success. I used grated cheese in the batter and couldn’t figure out how to get that melted cheese center. Not even my mother knew. Well, now I know and I’m sure these are even more incredible than the ones I had when I was young. I’m going to make these tonight for my husband’s aunt and uncle who are discovering how incredible Colombian food is. They absolutely love fried plantains!!!
Made these last night for my girlfriend, an they turned out great!
Thanks a bunch!
Hello,
I just have a quick question. Can I use white corn flour instead of all purpose?
Thanks,
Jeff
Jeff- I didn’t try it, but you can and I would love to know if you like them.
My boyfriend is from Bogota and I made these for him. He loved them and they turned out great!
Cool! This reminds me of Nica empanadas de maduro. Looks deeelish!