Cooking Tricks: How to Make Banana Chips Without Any Oil

Banana chips are a delicious snack that you can have at any time. In addition to being rich in minerals such as potassium, the banana is rich in vitamins, its nutritional qualities make it the ideal energy supplement for all those who need an extra dose of energy, and remember, 150 grams of banana provide only about 126 kcal.
Well, taking advantage of the benefits of bananas, we are going to prepare a recipe for banana chips that are more than delicious.

Cooking Tricks: How to Make Banana Chips Without Any Oil

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• Alicia tomero

• Rations: 3

• Preparation time: 15M
• Cooking time: 20M
• Total time: 35M

Ingredients

• 2 or 3 fairly green bananas
• A splash of lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons olive or sunflower oil

Preparation

1. Peel the bananas and cut them crosswise into very thin strips with the help of a potato peeler or a knife. Place them over a large platter.

2. Add to each banana a little bit of lemon juice and stir.

3. Add the olive oil on top and stir carefully so that the ingredients are impregnated.

4. Put to preheat the oven at 160 degrees, and place each of the banana slices on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

5. Bake for about 20 minutes approximately. When 10 minutes of that time have passed, flip the banana slices again for them to be done on the other side. You can also leave them without turning if they don't brown very much.

6. Once they are browned on both sides, they are ready to eat. Enjoy a healthy and natural aperitif!

Do you want to make your plantain chips with the Airfryer?

Actually, with the hot air fryer technique they come out much better and are much more crispy. This recipe is collected from the Thermorecetas website, in the section that has added Airfryer:m

• Act quickly. cut plantain chips as thin as possible, so the bananas should not be too ripe. You can use a mandolin or a very sharp knife. The finer it is made, the crunchier they will be at the end.
• We spread the slices on the airfryer tray without piling up. The more space they have, the better the air will reach them for them to cook.
• We remove every 5 minutes so that all the faces of the plantain chips cook well. Shake the tray and reintroduce it into the appliance. We wait another 5 minutes and we will have our plantain chips ready