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Guineitos en Escabeche (Puerto Rican Pickled Green Bananas) Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
6 green bananas
1 cup olive oil
˝ cup white vinegar
1 large onion, sliced
3 cloves of garlic, minced
2 bay leaves
12 peppercorns
15 olives stuffed with pimentos
1 tsp salt

**Note: Plan on one banana per person**
Directions:
Directions:
Cut off the tips on the bananas and make a lengthwise slit from one end to the other. These will be boiled whole, peel and all. When done, the peel should slide right off. No peeling!

**Note, while the bananas boil prepare the sauce**

In a large pot, bring up at least two quarts of salted water to a boil. Add the green bananas and allow to cook until they can be easily pierced with a paring knife (about twenty minutes). Drain them and let cool until easy to handle. Slice the guineos (green bananas) into one-inch rounds.

In a medium caldero, heat the olive oil over medium heat. When the oil is hot, add the onions and the garlic, and sauté until soft, about ten minutes. Add the vinegar, bay leaf and peppercorns and allow this mixture to simmer on low heat for twenty minutes.

Let the pickling liquid cool until it reaches room temperature, and pour over the room temperature bananas.

Store in a glass container. Refrigerate for at least an hour before serving. Best if made one day ahead.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
approximately 4-6, depending on serving size
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Green bananas must be cooked before eating. When boiled, they have a taste and consistency very close to a potato. So this dish is not sweet but savory. A caldero is essential to Puerto Rican and latino cooking, especially for cooking rice, beans, soups and stews. The caldero is similar to a dutch oven but different in that the sides are more rounded and it has a tight fitting lid. It is made of cast aluminum which provides for excellent heat distribution.

 

 

 

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