Crunchy Baked Plantain Chips

I must admit, I never thought of trying to make chips at home. Why make the effort, when there are so many options out there? Tapioca chips, sweet potato chips, yucca chips, plantain chips, banana chips and many more. They come in various flavors, various spice levels, baked, fried, kettle cooked, you name it. Every brand screaming out how healthy it is. Low calorie, non GMO, USDA Organic certified and so on. If you decide to read the fine print though, you’ll see a lot of red flags. Some chemicals you don’t recognize, preservatives, taste enhancers and such.

Why make your own?

Obviously, this is why you want to make your own. Too many choices are confusing, especially where things are not under our control. So why not at least take food into our control? If you’re the one making it, you know everything that goes into it. This is one of the reasons I decided to try chips at home. The other reason is the one I mentioned in my recent recipe Raw Banana-Potato Sauté. This was more of a shopping faux pas on my part. I ended up buying way more raw banana/plantains than I intended to, and I was trying to find ways to salvage the vegetable.

Bake or Air-Fry?

I thought I could just wing it, based on my limited baking experience, but I was so wrong. Baking is a precise cooking process: each recipe has different temperature settings and cook times. I cut the chips a little too thick and used aluminum foil instead of parchment paper. And, I set the oven at the wrong temperature! So I ended up with either soggy or burnt chips. I even tried air frying them in my old T- Fal air fryer. No luck.

Air Frying Plantain Chips

Crunchy Baked Plantain Chips

Well, I learnt my lesson. This time I decided to do proper research and made sure I followed the process carefully. So, I read up several recipes to make sure the instructions were somewhat similar. I sliced the plantains as thin as I could, used parchment paper. I added salt and cayenne pepper to the raw slices and mixed them well. Finally, I baked at 350 F for about 18 minutes but I was checking regularly to make sure the chips were not getting burnt. They turned out great!

Besides munching on these chips as a snack, they go really well with rice-based dishes like Bisi Bele Baath, rice and Sambar or Andhra Tomato Pappu.

Check out our other delicious raw banana/plantain and related recipes:

• Raw Banana-Potato Sauté
• Baked Raw Banana Nuggets
• Raw Plantain With Yogurt Curry
• Banana Stem Curry
• Banana Flower Curry

Also check out some of our delicious snack recipes:

• Crispy Air-Fried Masala Okra
• Baked Okra
• Dehydrated Masala Karela Chips
• Dehydrated Apples
• A Fruity-Nutty Trail Mix

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Crunchy Baked Plantain Chips

These crunchy plantain chips are delicious, without additives! They are a good source of fiber, vitamins and minerals - keep munching them guilt-free!

Course Snack

Cuisine International

Keyword Baked, banana chips, Chips, Crunchy, Healthy, plantain chips, Raw Banana, Raw plantain, Snack

Special Diet Gluten Free, Grain Free, No Added Sugar, Nut Free, Vegan, Vegetarian

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 35 minutes

Servings 4 Servings

Calories 1kcal

Equipment

• Kitchen Knife
• Cutting Board
• Peeler

Ingredients

• 2 Plantains Raw Banana - Or raw plantain
• 1 Tablespoon Avocado Oil - Organic
• 1 Teaspoon Red Chili Powder - Optional
• 1 Teaspoon Himalayan Pink Salt

Instructions

• Peel and cut raw plantain to thin slices.
  
• Transfer to a large bowl, add salt, chili powder, oil and mix well.
  
• Arrange slices on parchment paper spread out on a baking tray.
  
• Preheat oven to 350F, set the tray on and set timer for 20 minutes. After about 15 minutes, keep checking to ensure they don't get burnt.
  
• The chips are ready in about 18-20 minutes.
  
• Cool for about 5 minutes and transfer to a serving bowl. Munch away!
  

Notes

Healthy, guilt-free, anytime snack. A great accompaniment to our Bisi Bele Baath.

*Use organic ingredients wherever possible

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Crunchy Baked Plantain Chips

Serving Size

 

4 Servings

Amount per Serving

Calories

1

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

1

g

2

%

Saturated Fat

 

1

g

6

%

Sodium

 

590

mg

26

%

Potassium

 

10

mg

0

%

Carbohydrates

 

1

g

0

%

Fiber

 

1

g

4

%

Sugar

 

1

g

1

%

Protein

 

1

g

2

%

Vitamin A

 

148

IU

3

%

Iron

 

1

mg

6

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.