Use store-bought plantain chips if you want a shortcut, but know that making your own is a total breeze. Get the recipe 9. Sweet and Spicy Bacon-Wrapped Plantains Ambitious Kitchen ...

Make these garlicky chile-lime chips at home to go with jerk chicken, barbecue, or for snacking anytime. Pour oil to a depth of 2 1/2 inches in a large Dutch oven; heat over medium until a deep ...

4 sweet, ripe plantains 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened, plus more for greasing 1/4 cup canola oil 1 pound ground beef 1 red onion, diced 1 green bell pepper, diced 2 garlic cloves, minced ...

5) Vitamin E With potato chips, you also get 3.8 milligrams of vitamin E while plantain chips offer 2.8 milligrams. Vitamin E is important for your immune system and blood functioning.

"Next time maybe we'll add sweet plantain chips to a porter," he says. Veza Sur Brewing Co. 55 NW 25th St., Miami; 786-362-6300; vezasur.com.

Aside from plantain chips, ARA Food also produces cassava or yuca chips under these brands. In 1984, ARA Food acquired the Mariquitas brand of plantain chips from a fellow Cuban-owned company.