Name: Banana Cue Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 12 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 6 saging na saba; 2 cup brown sugar; 4 cup cooking oil

Banana Cue Recipe

Kate Evans Modified: November 12, 2023

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How To Make Banana Cue

Skewered bananas are deep fried and coated with caramel to make this banana cue recipe. This is a Filipino street snack that can work as a dessert too.

Prep: 5 mins

Cook: 7 mins

Total: 12 mins

Serves:

Ingredients

6 saging na saba, Asian plantains
2 cup brown sugar
4 cup cooking oil

Instructions

Heat a cooking pot then pour-in cooking oil.
When the oil becomes hot, deep fry the bananas for 2 minutes.
Gradually put-in the brown sugar, adjust the heat to medium-low and continue cooking until the melted brown sugar coats the bananas. Note: Gently stir the bananas so that it can get coated with melted brown sugar easily.
Remove the cooked bananas one by one and immediately skewer using a bamboo skewer. Note: 2 pieces per skewer is recommended.
Let cool then serve with cold soda.
Share and enjoy!

Nutrition

Sugar: 196g
:
Calcium: 132mg
Calories: 3634kcal
Carbohydrates: 258g
Fat: 300g
Fiber: 8g
Iron: 3mg
Monounsaturated Fat: 189g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 84g
Potassium: 1981mg
Protein: 5g
Saturated Fat: 23g
Sodium: 55mg
Trans Fat: 1g
Vitamin A: 4035IU
Vitamin C: 66mg

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