Fried Tostones

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This Fried Tostones dish is great to enjoy as a tasty appetizer with friends! It’s a simple, sweet, and healthy spin on a food traditionally fried in unhealthy oils – perfect as a substitution for fries or hashbrowns!

Plantains are a wonderful prebiotic, meaning they feed the good bacteria in your large intestines. That good bacteria in turn produces short chain fatty acids, or SCFA’s. One SCFA in particular, butyrate, is especially important in protecting the brain, is an overall anti-carcinogenic, and is extremely anti-inflammatory!

Fried Tostones

Course Appetizer, Side Dish
Protocol Autoimmune Solution (AIP), Elimination Diet, Paleo, Thyroid Connection

Servings

2 servings

Prep Time

12 minutes

Cook Time

8 minutes

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Ingredients

1 minimally ripened plantain
1 cup coconut oil
1 tsp cinnamon
sea salt

Instructions

Cut plantain horizontally in 3 inch cubes.
Heat oil in pan then add plantains. Brown on both sides.
Take plantains off heat and mash down flat like the shape of a pancake.
Re-fry in oil on both sides until crispy. Top with cinnamon and sea salt. Serve warm.

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Updated on: February 24th, 2020

Published on: April 18th, 2017

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Amy Myers, MD

Amy Myers, MD is a two-time New York Times bestselling author and an internationally acclaimed functional medicine physician. Dr. Myers specializes in empowering those with autoimmune, thyroid, and digestive issues to reverse their conditions and take back their health. In addition, she is a wife, mother, and the successful founder and CEO of Amy Myers MD^®.