Description
Pan Fried Bananas are warm, tender banana rounds coated with cinnamon sugar and cooked in a skillet until lightly caramelized. This quick 10-minute recipe makes an easy breakfast topping, afternoon snack, or simple dessert.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 medium slightly overripe bananas
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg, optional
- 1 teaspoon cooking oil, coconut oil, or butter for the skillet
Instructions
- Peel the bananas and slice them crosswise into rounds about 1/3 inch thick.
- Combine the sugar, cinnamon, and optional nutmeg in a small bowl.
- Lightly coat a large nonstick skillet with oil or melt the butter over medium-low heat.
- Arrange the banana slices in the skillet in a single layer.
- Sprinkle half of the cinnamon-sugar mixture evenly over the banana slices.
- Cook the bananas without moving them for 2 to 3 minutes, until the bottoms look lightly golden.
- Gently flip each banana round with a thin spatula.
- Sprinkle the remaining cinnamon-sugar mixture over the bananas.
- Cook for another 2 to 3 minutes, until the slices feel soft, look glossy, and remain intact.
- Remove the bananas from the skillet and serve immediately.
Notes
- Use yellow bananas with several brown spots for the best balance of sweetness and firmness.
- Avoid extremely soft or blackened bananas because they may become mushy during cooking.
- Keep the skillet over medium-low heat so the sugar does not burn.
- Remove the bananas as soon as they soften because they continue cooking briefly after leaving the skillet.
- Brown sugar, honey, or a granulated sugar substitute may replace the white sugar.
- Fresh coconut oil adds a mild tropical flavor, while butter gives the bananas a richer taste.
- Serve the bananas alone or over oatmeal, pancakes, waffles, French toast, yogurt, or vanilla ice cream.
- Refrigerate cooled leftovers in an airtight container for up to 2 days.
- Reheat leftovers gently in a skillet over low heat for 1 to 2 minutes.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Snack
- Method: Pan-Fried
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 155
- Sugar: 26
- Sodium: 1
- Fat: 1
- Saturated Fat: 0.2
- Unsaturated Fat: 0.8
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 39
- Fiber: 3
- Protein: 1
- Cholesterol: 0