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Saturday, October 22, 2011

FILLING BANANA PEELS

Bananas have a very sweet scent, it adds flavor to lots of foods, especially foods from certain regions where bananas are ubiquitous, like Thailand, Philippines, and other Pacific Island nations, bananas are very common and really does add a nice touch to proteins.


Here's a recipe that calls for ground pork, and whatever herbs and spices you have on hand, a few small ripe bananas, meat of bananas removed for a drink like a smoothie, or a topping for ice cream, what we want is the banana peels.


4-6 small ripened bananas, sliced in half, peeled open, and the meat of the banana removed.
1 1/2 lbs. of lean ground pork
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. onion powder
1 tsp. chili powder
1 tbsp. minced onion
1 tbsp. annatto oil
1 egg beaten
2 tbsp. bread crumbs
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper


Preheat oven to 375 deg. F set a shelf in the middle of oven
1. Place the empty banana peels on the side awaiting for the filling that will be stuffed in there.
2. In a mixing bowl, add in the ground pork, and other ingredients, and mix it well with clean hands.
3. Carefully stuff each banana peel, close it shut, and tie it with some culinary twine so it does not ooze out. Place the stuffed bananas on to a baking pan lined with baking paper.
4. Bake the stuffed bananas for 30-35 minutes, remove let it cool for about 5 minutes, when ready to eat, untie the twine, and serve it with rice or a flat bread.














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