🍌🍳🥓🍃Bacon, Egg, & Basil Tostones Sliders🍃🥓🍳🍌
I cooked my very 1st plantain just 3 weeks ago and I immediately wondered where they hell these have been my whole life because I am now OBSESSED! Since then, I’ve used them for Dinner, Dessert, Chia Bowls, Smoothies...and now Breakfast! Being that plantains are super versatile and depending on their ripeness, can be used in both savory and sweet dishes, I decided to turn them into tostones and use them as buns for breakfast sliders!
They’d honestly be a great bun for any type of slider, so feel free to try them with burgers, buffalo chicken, or whatever you’d like! I know I sound like a plantain connoisseur right now, but I promise you less than a month ago I was Google-ing how to peel one. These really snuck into my diet out of nowhere and I’m so happy they did!
INGREDIENTS
1 Egg
1/3 Cup of Egg Whites
2 Slices of Bacon
1 Plantain(I used a ripe one, but a green one will work perfectly!)
3 Tbsp Coconut Oil
3 to 4 Basil Leaves
INSTRUCTIONS:
Add 2 Tbsp coconut oil to a small skillet over med/high heat. While skillet is heating up, peel your plantain and slice into 1”-1.5” pieces.
Add plantains to your skillet and fry for 90 seconds on each cut side, just until they’re browned.
Remove pan from heat(don’t get rid of this pan yet) and transfer plantains to a paper plate to cool. At this point, you should prepare your eggs and bacon! I prefer mine scrambled and loaded with green onion, but feel free to try this recipe with a fried egg!
Once your plantains have cooled, use the bottom of a flat bowl to smash each plantain into a flattened 1/4 inch thick “bun”. Heat the same small skillet from earlier to med/high heat, adding more coconut oil if necessary, and fry the plantain buns for 90 seconds on each side one more time!
After your plantains have been transformed into tostones(twice fried plantains), build your breakfast sliders however you’d like and top with a basil leaf. ENJOY!😋