Ripe Plantain Pie

One pot dishes are the best. I really love sometimes being able to create a meal that is just in one pot and ready to serve. It doesn't make the mess less though. Sigh. But this ripe plantain pie recipe was another great one pot dish that I am very happy to share with you today. The union of the sweet ripe plantains sandwiching the savory chicken for a bite full of goodness.


Plantains are bananas cousins and are practically a Caribbean kitchen staple. They are used to make a variety of dishes across the islands from simply being boiled and sliced to being mashed and fried. Unlike bananas, these need to be cooked before being devoured and can be eaten through it's different stages: from green right through to over ripe.


For this dish, I used ripened plantains. As you can see the peel was turning black. The sure sign that the plantains are ripe. There must be black on there and you sometimes can even start to smell the sweetness coming through the peel. Sometimes some areas are soft to touch which is good. If the banana is still firm it would be a bit too firm of a pie.


The filling for this pie needs to be dry. Where I would normally brown my meat for a lasagne than add my veggies because I want liquid for that, for this I add everything at the same time because I want the meat cooked with the veggies but I don't want a lot of liquid in the filling. I add my tomatoes half way through the cooking and then make sure all that liquid dries up.


And then there is the CHEESE!!

You can use any cheese that you prefer for this. I do suggest that you get your block of cheese and grate it yourself since pre-shredded cheese has additives that makes it much harder to melt.Plus the block cheese tastes better..

Assembly is easy. Layer


then layer


then layer


then bake.

And voila.


You have a yummy mix of sweet, and savory and cheessyy.

I prefer for the bottom of the pie to have more plantain than the top. But you have to be careful that there is enough to cover the top. Been there before.


Have you had plantain as a pie before? Let me know in the comments.

I have a few more plantain recipes coming up too... So excited



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