Plantain Puff Puff Recipe

Plantain Puff Puff in a blue wire basket topped with confectioners sugar.

5 from 6 votes

Plantain Puff Puff recipe (Buñuelos de Platano) is a fluffy, sweet fried dough made with overripe plantains. Never throw away overripe plantains again! Use them to make this delicious fritter and top with your favorite topping. Sugar, confectioners sugar, honey or chocolate.

Prep Time40

Cook Time10

Total Time50

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: African, Puerto Rican

Servings:

Calories: 304kcal

Author: Catherine Arena

Ingredients

2 overripe plantains with black skin
1 packet active dry yeast or 2 ¼ teaspoons
3 cups all purpose flour
1½ cups warm water
½ teaspoon salt
vegetable oil for frying

Toppings

confectioners sugar
granulated sugar
honey
hot sauce
chocolate fudge or syrup

Instructions

Yeast

Add ½ cup of warm water to a small bowl with yeast, set aside.

Plantains

Cut the ends off plantains. Using a knife, score down the back of the plantain just underneath the skin.
Peel the skin and place plantains in a blender. Puree until smooth.

Mix Ingredients

Add a cup of warm water to a medium size bowl with one cup flour, mix well with fork or whisk.
Add the other two cups of flour, plantain puree and yeast.
Mix all ingredients together until a sort of stiff mixture forms. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let sit for 30 to 40 minutes.

Frying

Add 2 cups of oil to a saucepan or deep pan. Heat oil over medium-high heat.
When oil is hot, fill a tablespoon with batter and drop it into the hot oil.
Repeat the procedure and add more tablespoons of batter to the oil.
Cook batter until golden brown on one side and flip with a fork.
Drain balls on paper towels. Let sit for 2 minutes before adding topping.
Top with whatever topping you like or enjoy plain. Serve immediately.

Notes

Because the plantains are so sweet on their own, you do not need to add sugar to the batter, but if you have a sweet tooth, consider adding one or two tablespoons of sugar to batter.

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