Crunchy Deep Fried Plantain Chips
These 3 ingredient crunchy deep fried plantain chips are totally addicting. Often called mariquitas, platanitos, or chicharitas, this tasty snack is a staple in the Caribbean and across Latin America. They’re perfect for serving with homemade mayoketchup or a simple garlic mojo sauce.
All you need to make these tasty chicharitas are green plantains, oil, and salt!
If you’re familiar with Puerto Rican cuisine, you know how important plantains are to us. We use them in a variety of ways, both sweet and savory, brown, yellow and green.
In this recipe, the thinly sliced green plantains are deep fried in oil, providing an incredibly light and crunchy texture and neutral, salty flavor that’s quite versatile.
- Serve them with a bowl of your favorite salsa or dip (hello mayoketchup or mojo sauce?!)
- Toss them with your favorite spice blend to make them seasoned chips
- Use as a base for nachos instead of tortilla chips
- Scoop through a bowl of shrimp ceviche with them
The options are endless!
And if you love these chips, also check out these baked plantain chips and these air fryer plantain chips.
Ingredients
Step by Step Instructions
Tip: Consider frying the chips in batches to prevent overcrowding.
Favorite Dipping Sauces
These platanitos are totally delicious on their own, but what’s better than a good chip and dip combo? In Puerto Rico, we have a couple favorites that are pretty easy to make at home:
Tips for The Best Results
Make sure not to skip these essential steps when making these deep fried plantain chips:
- A vegetable peeler will help to achieve the thinnest, crispiest chips possible. Be patient during this step and slowly pull the peeler lengthwise down the plantain, to get long strips.
- Make sure to use a cooking thermometer to keep your oil at or close to 350°F the entire time. This will prevent your chips from burning or from soaking up too much oil.
- Always transfer to a paper towel lined plate! This step is super important in draining any of the excess oil, resulting in perfectly crisp, crunchy manriquitas!
More Tasty Plantain & Chip Recipes
We love a good homemade chip here at Salima’s Kitchen! Especially of the plantain variety. Check out this collection of our favorites:
Buen provecho,
Crunchy Deep Fried Plantain Chips
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
- Category: Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack
- Method: Fried
- Cuisine: Puerto Rican, Cuban, Caribbean
- Diet: Vegan
Description
These 3 ingredient crunchy deep fried plantain chips are totally addicting. Often called mariquitas, platanitos, or chicharitas, this tasty snack is a staple in the Caribbean and across Latin America. They’re perfect for serving with homemade mayoketchup or mojo sauce.
Ingredients
- 3 green plantains
- 2 cups oil (can be canola, vegetable, etc.)
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Peel the plantains. Trim off both ends of the plantains and carefully puncture the knife into the skin, making a shallow cut lengthwise. Wedge your nails or the knife under the skin and peel it back until the fruit is completely peeled.
- Slice the plantains. Slice the plantains lengthwise into long strips using a vegetable peeler or mandolin. Be very careful not to cut yourself.
- Fry. Heat the oil t0 350°F in a pot large enough for the strips to not crowd. Fry the plantains until crisp and light golden brown all around. You may need to do this in batches to prevent crowding the pan.
- Drain & salt. Transfer to a paper towel lined plate to drain any excess oil and immediately sprinkle with salt to taste. Enjoy with mayoketchup or mojo sauce!
