How to Make Arañitas - Green Plantain Litter Spider Fritters Recipe [Episode 211]

green plantains

🥗Healthier: zucchini

💰Cheaper: potatoes

Zucchini provides a similar texture with fewer calories.

oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Vegetable oil is more economical for frying.

Introduce the recipe for aranitas, mentioning it's a request from a subscriber.

Use the greenest plantain available.

Put the plantain in the microwave for about 1 minute.

Prepare 2 tablespoons of olive oil with 2 garlic cloves and a pinch of salt.

Peel the plantain by cutting the edges and making slits along the ridges, about three or four slits.

Shred the plantain using a shredder with big holes until it resembles cheese.

Sprinkle the warm olive oil with garlic and salt over the shredded plantain and mix it up.

Grab a handful of the shredded plantain, pinch it together, and drop it into the hot oil.

Fry the aranitas for about 30 seconds, ensuring the oil is not extremely hot.

Turn the aranitas as soon as they turn golden brown and remove them from the hot oil.

Place the fried aranitas on absorbent paper to drain excess oil.

Describe the finished aranitas as looking like little spiders with spread-out legs.

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