How many calories in fried plantain
A portion of fried plantain has about 240 kcal, with 40 g of carbs.
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Fried plantain is ripe plantain, a cooking banana, sliced and fried in oil until the edges go dark and sticky. In Nigeria it's dodo, in Ghana a spiced version with ginger and chilli is kelewele. It goes next to jollof rice, beans or eggs.
A portion is 240 kcal, with 40 g of carbs, 9 g of fat and 1 g of protein. The plantain is the carbs, the oil is the fat.
The riper the plantain, the sweeter it fries. The calories stay about the same.
Tips
- 1Bake or air fry the slices with a little oil.
- 2Drain them on paper straight out of the pan.
- 3Have a few slices as the side, not a plate of them.
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Questions
What is dodo?
The Yoruba name for fried ripe plantain, eaten all over Nigeria.
Is fried plantain high in calories?
A portion is about 240 kcal. The frying oil adds a good share of that.
How many calories in jollof rice and plantain?
About 720 kcal, 480 for the rice and 240 for the plantain.
Is plantain a banana?
It's a cooking banana. It's starchier and is almost always cooked.
What is kelewele?
Ghana's fried plantain, cut in cubes and spiced with ginger and chilli before frying.
