You definitely need to air fly the banana

People are always trying to make bananas ice cream, and who can blame them. Ice cream is really that bitch. She’s sweet and rich, cold and soothing, and one of the first things to go when a diet begins. These approximations are not bad — Frozen BananaSoft creamIt’s certainly delicious that Pinterest was about to crash, and this fried banana was split from TikTok users Jenn Jones I got infected with a virus for some reason. Bananas are delicious, but not ice cream.

However, fried bananas are beautiful. Jones slices, stuffs with natural peanut butter, walnuts and chocolate, sprinkles with cinnamon, and cooks in a 400 degree air fryer for “5-6 minutes”. She finishes it with yogurt and calls it a “healthy version of the banana split.”

It doesn’t contain ice cream, but the final product is as attractive as air-Fried food Campfire banana boat It was very popular on Pinterest a few years ago. (What are Pinterest and Banana?) I had to (obviously) make my own fried split banana, but before trying Jones’s recipe, dial it and let the banana talk. I wanted to.

All you need is a spoonful of sugar

USA Today’s Heather Martin Her article on Jones’ recipe, Hot bananas may take some time to get used to. “Cooked bananas may sound strange at first glance, but maybe you had In front of Bananas FosterWhen Banana cue (Bananas and barbecue portmanteau) has been a staple of Filipino street food for decades. The caramelization obtained with desserts like Bananas Foster was appealing to the banana air fryer, so I sliced ​​it in half, sprinkled it with sugar and shimmered it, then put it in a 400 degree air fryer for 10 minutes. ..

Finished with cinnamon and served with a little whipped cream. good. I ate everything. The fried bananas were softer and sweeter than the raw bananas, and the sugar above was certainly caramelized.And it wasn’t that’s why It cracked like a torched brulee and had enough texture contrast to avoid reading “muddy, warm bananas”. Eat it again, especially as a base for a real banana split (with ice cream).

Banana lily does not need to be gold plated

When making the first air-fried banana split, I followed Jones’ recipe fairly closely. After smoothing with a spoonful of peanut butter, sprinkled with chocolate chips and peacan nuts, finished with a small amount of cinnamon. Next, I cooked it in a 400 degree air fryer for 7 minutes.

When I pulled it out, some of the pecan nuts were burnt black, and some of the chocolate chips also seemed to be burnt (a bite). I confirmed this). The bananas below weren’t as soft or sweet as the sugar-only bananas. This makes sense because the banana was completely split in two and more meat was exposed to the heating element.

I wasn’t happy with the burnt nuts and chocolate, so I made another one. This time, we’ll stuff the banana slits further and cover them with a layer of brown sugar to protect the nuts.

There was less burning, but as you can see from the photo just above this sentence, it’s still A few combustion. (This is where the foil-wrapped campfire banana has a slight advantage. The foil protects the filling so that it can melt and melt without burning while the banana is completely soft. ) Bottom, it’s great, I guess, especially if you’re not so interested in the idea of ​​warm bananas in the first place. I didn’t have yogurt, so I ate the split with whipped cream (and sprinkle).

It was great and fun, but at first I wanted a sugar-only banana. I think the cold yogurt helped to give it an ice cream feel, but with the addition of chocolate, peanut butter and nuts, the beautiful bananas underneath disappeared and the potential for frying wasn’t fully realized. The padding blocked the heating element from most of the meat and left only the edges exposed, leaving only the edges caramelized.

If you want to try frying bananas, it’s a good idea to get started easily. Cut the banana in half, sprinkle some sugar on top, brown the sugar with a 400 degree air fryer, whisk and caramelize. It may not be as flashy as a “split”, but you can always build a real split on it. However, we recommend that you try it at least once without ice cream. You will be amazed at how wonderful the bananas are. Especially if you leave it as it is.