Spicy Thai Banana Bacon Buckwheat
🌟Main ingredient:Banana
✨secondary ingredients: bacon and buckwheat
⏱️Cooking time: 30 minutes
🌶️Spice level: Spicy
👨👩👦👦Number of diners: Only me
Ingredients
2
large
bananas,
sliced
8
slices
bacon,
chopped
1
cup
buckwheat
groats
2
tbsp
vegetable
oil
1
small
onion,
diced
2
cloves
garlic,
minced
1
red
chili
pepper,
thinly
sliced
1
tsp
ginger
paste
2
tbsp
soy
sauce
1
tbsp
fish
sauce
1
tbsp
brown
sugar
1/2
cup
chicken
broth
Salt
and
pepper
to
taste
Fresh
cilantro
for
garnish
Cooking steps
In a large skillet, cook the chopped bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon and set aside, leaving the bacon fat in the pan.
Add the sliced bananas to the skillet and cook for 2-3 minutes until they start to caramelize. Remove from pan and set aside with the bacon.
Add vegetable oil to the skillet and sauté the onion, garlic, chili pepper, and ginger paste until fragrant.
Stir in the buckwheat groats and toast for 1-2 minutes.
Add soy sauce, fish sauce, brown sugar, and chicken broth. Bring to a simmer and cover. Cook for 10-15 minutes or until buckwheat is tender.
Stir in the cooked bacon and bananas. Season with salt and pepper.
Garnish with fresh cilantro before serving.
Serve hot with steamed white rice as a side dish.
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