Fried Bananas
Just like the crispy fried bananas you have at a Chinese restaurant. Drizzled with honey and sprinkled with sesame seeds, you can complete the dessert with a scoop of ice cream.
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Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 6 smaller sized ripe bananas no brown spots
- 2 ¼ cups all purpose flour
- 2 Tbs. granulated sugar
- 3 teaspoons baking powder (not baking soda)
- 2 teaspoons corn starch
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups water batter should be thin, to drip off. Add more water if necessary.
- 3 cups vegetable oil more or less depending on size of pan
- ⅓ cup honey OPTIONAL
- 3 teaspoons sesame seeds OPTIONAL
- 2 cups vanilla ice cream OPTIONAL
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon OPTIONAL
Instructions
- Slice the bananas lengthwise, remove peel and then cut into four pieces.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, corn starch, and salt.
- Whisk-in the water until batter is smooth.
- Heat oil in a non-stick pan or wok to medium-high heat, about 350 degrees.
- Dip banana pieces one by one in batter, shake excess and slowly place into hot oil being careful not to let the banana touch the bottom of the pan. Do not crowd the pan. There should be enough oil for the bananas to float.
- Cook until golden and place on paper towel lined plate to absorb excess oil.
- Drizzle honey over bananas and sprinkle on the sesame seeds. Serve with ice cream.
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Notes
The toppings for this recipe are optional. I drizzle honey over the bananas, sprinkle with sesame seeds, and make a cinnamon ice cream by mixing vanilla ice cream with cinnamon ahead of time. Plain vanilla ice cream is most traditional.
If you are making smaller portions of this dessert, you could serve up to 12 people with two pieces of banana per person. Or, for less you can cut the recipe in half.