Peeling very ripe plantains?

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I'm following the "slit & peel" advice, but I'm not getting consistant results.

Sometimes, my ripe plantain (90% black) has a peel that is impossibly hard to remove - it's dry and sticks to a very soft flesh. I end up throwing most of it away - even though the bits I mange to save are sweet and tasty.

Have I stored it incorrectly?

It would appear that I have no trouble peeling 50% black plantains, but as they get closer to full black (max sweetness), they tend to dry up and the peel sticks.

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Best Answer

I will often freeze black bananas that are too soft to peel, then thaw or run warm water over them till I can remove the peel from the still frozen fruit.



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How do you peel a ripe plantain?

INSTRUCTIONS
  • Cut the ends of the plantains and very carefully run your knife through the peel lengthwise, without cutting into the flesh. ...
  • Use your fingers to separate and detach the peel from the plantain. ...
  • Plantains are ready to be cooked.


    • Can plantains be too ripe?

    If your plantain slices are mushy and blurred around the edges, good\u2014that means they're ripe enough. If they hold their shape easily and retain sharp edges, they're too firm. (Firm plantains will end up chewy, starchy nuggets if cooked this way. They won't be bad, exactly, but they won't be pl\xe1tanos maduros.)

    Can plantains be too ripe to fry?

    I like to dip my tostones in fry sauce. Ripe plantains are sweet like a banana, without the banana flavor. They can be eaten raw but are best when fried. The edges caramelize and become crispy like the edges of pancakes cooked in butter.


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    Answer 2

    where I live a black plantain isn't often so mature on the inside that the peel sticks. when it does, you are tempted to put down the knife and do it by hand, and it clearly is the wrong thing to do. The advice I would give is "don't put down the knife". In fact, if you have to, split the plantain lengthwise before removing the skin once you realize that it is a sticky situation.

    Answer 3

    If the peel is dry and lacks structural integrity to pull cleanly off the flesh, I would try slicing it off with a knife. If the flesh is not too mushy, you could use a vegetable peeler, but you said yours was very soft, so a more gentle approach would be to use a knife, just like you might to peel an apple with a knife.

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