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Preparation
20 minutes
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Processing
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Today, TasteVN will guide you on how to make a delicious snack closely associated with the childhood of many people. Let’s get cooking and make this dried banana dish right away!
Ingredients for Dried Bananas Serves 6
Bananas 30 pieces (cooked bananas) Salt 1 tablespoon
How to choose fresh delicious bananas
- You can use other types of bananas such as wax bananas, porcelain bananas,… to prepare dried bananas. However, if possible, using cooked bananas will be tastier, as they yield a product that is much sweeter, richer, and more fragrant.
- You should choose to buy cooked bananas or powdered bananas for this dish because these two types of bananas will make our dish more delicious and appealing than other types.
- When choosing bananas, you should select ripe bananas (not overripe), which feel slightly soft when held, have a few black spots on the peel, but the peel still looks fresh and not wilted to prepare this dish.
- To choose clean, naturally ripe bananas, you should select those that still have the stem, with a bunch that is evenly ripe (though there may be some green fruit). In contrast, overripe bananas will have yellow fruit but with a hard stem and sometimes still slightly green.
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Required Tools
Basin, knife, food container, bowl, tray,…
How to Prepare Dried Bananas
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Prepare the Bananas
After purchasing, gently peel the bananas with a knife and place them in the basin.
Note: To prevent the bananas from turning dark after drying, be careful to peel them gently to avoid bruising or cracking the bananas.
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Wash the Bananas
First, wash the peeled bananas with clean water.
Next, dissolve 1 tablespoon of salt in 1.5 liters of water in the basin and then soak the bananas for about 3 minutes until the outer white layer of the bananas peels off completely and the bananas gradually turn a beautiful yellow color. Finally, rinse the bananas with clean water and let them drain.
Note: Do not use iodized salt to wash the bananas, as iodized salt has a high salinity that affects the flavor of the dish; you should use other types of salt such as coarse salt or sea salt for washing!
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Drying banana
Next, you place the bananas on a tray and dry them under the sunlight for about 1 day until the outer surface is dry.
Note: To prevent the bananas from turning black and browning, starting from this step, you must not let water come into contact with the bananas anymore.
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Fermenting banana
After drying the bananas, you neatly arrange them in a food container, then cover it and let it ferment at room temperature for 1 night, about 8 hours, until the bananas release juice and turn slightly darker.
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Continue drying bananas
After one night of fermenting the bananas, you continue to arrange them on a tray and dry them for another 2 days under the sunlight until the bananas are completely dry.
Tip: For medium-sized bananas, you only need to dry them for 3 days to be usable. If the bananas are larger, you should dry them for another day!
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Final product
The dried bananas will have a very attractive reddish-brown color with a shiny layer of banana syrup around the banana body.
If you take a bite, you will feel the natural sweetness of the banana syrup combined with the soft, chewy texture and the characteristic aroma of bananas spreading throughout your mouth.
Dried bananas are often used as a side dish with yogurt, various desserts, beverages,… They create a fragrant blend that is very aromatic, sweet, and pleasantly stimulating to the taste buds.
How to store dried bananas
- After completing the drying process, you should put the dried bananas in a food container and store them at room temperature, in a well-ventilated area, away from direct sunlight.
- Additionally, to preserve dried bananas for a longer time while keeping their distinctive flavor, you can store them in the fridge refrigerator.
- If during the storage of dried bananas, you notice any mold or water leakage, you should not use them anymore! Because the bananas are in the process of spoiling!
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I hope that with the above instructions, you can successfully make this attractive dried banana. Wishing you success, and if you have any questions, please comment below and TasteVN will help answer your queries!
*Refer to the images and recipes from the YouTube channel Viet An in Singapore
