Gingery Plantain, Yam and Apple Sauté
Serves 6
Time 1 hr 30 min
Serve this sweet-and-sour side dish alongside roasted pork or baked ham. Choose a plantain that is ripe but firm, with black spots on the skin.
Special Diets:
Ingredients
- 1 large yellow onion, quartered and thinly sliced
- 1/3 cup lime juice
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 cup apple juice
- 1 large plantain, ripe but firm, quartered and thinly sliced
- 1 Braeburn apple, quartered and thinly sliced
- 1 small yam, quartered and thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped ginger
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic
- 4 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon shredded unsweetened coconut
Method
Combine onion with lime juice; marinate in refrigerator for 1 hour.
Drain onions and save lime juice.
Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
When oil is hot, add onion and cook, stirring frequently, until golden brown, 12 to 14 minutes.
Add apple juice, plantain, apple, yam, ginger and garlic.
Simmer 15 to 20 minutes, until vegetables and fruit are tender.
Stir in brown sugar and reserved lime juice.
Simmer another minute.
Garnish with coconut and serve.
Nutritional Info:
Per serving: 160 calories (25 from fat), 3g total fat, 0.5g saturated fat, 0mg cholesterol, 15mg sodium, 36g carbohydrates (3g dietary fiber, 22g sugar), 1g protein.
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Ingredients
- 1 large yellow onion, quartered and thinly sliced
- 1/3 cup lime juice
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 cup apple juice
- 1 large plantain, ripe but firm, quartered and thinly sliced
- 1 Braeburn apple, quartered and thinly sliced
- 1 small yam, quartered and thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped ginger
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic
- 4 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon shredded unsweetened coconut