Sweet Plantain Canoes

Ingredients

• Ground turkey

  Poultry food products, raw

  1 lb or 454g

• Onions

  Raw

  1 medium or 110g

• Green bell pepper

  Sweet, green, raw

  1 medium or 119g

• Garlic

  Raw

  3 cloves, minced or 9g

• Adobo fresco

  2 tsp or 12g

• Oregano

  Spices, dried

  2 tsp, leaves or 2g

• Poultry seasoning

  Spices

  1 tbsp or 4g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  2 tbsp or 27g

• Tropical, Queso Fresco, Fresh Cheese

  Tropical Cheese Industries, Inc.

  1 oz or 28g

• Bay leaf

  Dried

  1 tbsp, crumbled or 2g

• Olives

  Pickled, canned or bottled, green

  ¼ cup or 34g

• Raisins

  Seedless

  ¼ cup (not packed) or 36g

• Tomato sauce

  No salt added

  ¼ cup or 61g

• Vegetable oil

  Natreon canola, high stability, non trans, high oleic (70%)

  1 cup or 224g

• Plantains

  Raw

  6 medium or 1.07kg

• Monterey cheese

  Includes Pepper Jack

  ½ cup, shredded or 57g

• Fresh cilantro

  Coriander leaves, raw

  4 tbsp or 4g

Directions

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Combine beef, onion, pepper, garlic, adobo, oregano, and seasoning. Mix well.
3. Heat a large skillet at medium-high heat with 2 tbsp of olive oil, add meat mixture.
4. ​Cook beef until brown and of the juices bubble up, add bay leaves, olives, raisins, and tomato sauce. Mix and let simmer for 10 minutes, set aside.
5. ​Heat a large frying pan with about 2 inches of vegetable oil, just enough to cover the plantains. Fry plantains for 8-10 minutes or until golden and slightly crispy. Drain on a paper towel lined plate; set aside.
6. To assemble canoes: when the plantains are cool enough to handle, cut a slit down the inside curve of the plantain. Using your knife and a fork, gently pry the plantain open until it opens and resembles a canoe. Fill the plantain with some shredded cheese, stuff with meat mixture and top with more shredded cheese. Transfer the stuffed plantains to a baking dish sprayed with non-stick spray.
7. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and browned. Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve immediately.