This is one of the best quick snacks. It's not sweet (unlike banana chips), and has a hardcore crunch. I prefer when it's super thinly sliced (like "golden banana" brand). When it's too thick, it feels too filling. And goes awesome with light beers.I buy them from the Toronto subway stops for $1.35 per bag.
On Chifle:
Chifle is a side dish, snack food, or finger food of Peru and Ecuador,[1] consisting of fried slices (chips or crisps) of green or ripe plantain.
It consists of fried slices or strips of either ripe or green plantains seasoned with salt to taste. In the region of Piura, chifle is traditionally fried in wood-burning stoves with wood of the algorrobo blanco (a species of mesquite tree), which gives chifle a special aroma and taste. Depending on the type of plantain (ripe or green) the flavor can be sweet or savory. Sometimes it is served with cancha serrana (pan-roasted maize) or shredded cecina (pork jerky).
Every tropical country where the plantain is in high consumption has its local version of this snack. It is known as chipilo in Bolivia; plataninas in Guatemala; mariquitas (English: lady bugs) in Cuba; in Puerto Rico platanutres.
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