"BANANA CUE"

Banana Cue

               An average Filipino would enjoyed the typical street food in his home country. One of the most popular street foods in the Philippines is the banana cue. It is similar to the barbecue, pork in a stick, but in this case instead of a pork, bananas are put on the sticks. The one thing that I like about this tasty snack is that it is very simple and yet very tasty. It is a symbolism that Filipinos are contented with simple things. The banana cue can be found almost anywhere in the streets of manila. It is a typical merienda for the Filipinos during the afternoon. A banana is covered with sugar and dip in hot oil to caramelized the sugar.


If you want the recipe...






Ingredients:

about 15 pieces of banana saba type
bamboo bbq sticks
half a kilo of brown sugar
half a liter of cooking oil

Procedure:

Peel your bananas. Heat your deep frying pan with half a liter of oil. Once the oil becomes very very hot, put gently all your bananas (it depends on the size of your frying pan). Cook your bananas by mixing them constantly, after about three to five minutes add your brown sugar. It will melt and caramelize. Continue mixing gently the caramel and the bananas. If you wish a caramel well melted on your bananas, you can continue cooking this for about five more minutes. Or should you prefer a crunchy sugar coating on your bananas, you should immediately cut the fire. Take them off one by one and let the oil drip. Skew them on your bamboo sticks, approximately 3 bananas per stick.