Lucia's Banana Chips Rock

Name: Plantain Chips
Category: Dried Fruit Snack
Ethnicity: Filipino
Brand: Lucia

Like all South East Asian countries, The Philippines is obsessed with bananas and plantains. And why wouldn’t they be? The lush archipelago features the ultimate climate for growing juicy, ripe, sweet, and savory bananas and plantains. Whether you know it or not, you’ve had many Filipino bananas. The country is the second largest exporter of bananas in the world. I mean, THAT’s BANANAS! The chips presented here is made from the Cardava banana. But actually it’s really a sweet plantain commonly known as a Saba. Saba is a critical crop and ingredient featured in Filipino cuisine. Boiled, fried, sautéed, baked, and dried, these plantains are multi-faceted and can easily complete the perfect Filipino dish. These Lucia banana chips are incredible. They’re crunchy, thin, nutty, fruity, salty, and sweet. They are fried in a mixture of brown sugar, coconut oil, and banana syrup. I can’t stop eating them honestly. Maybe because the already starchy, sugary plantain has 7 extra grams of added sugar. But Filipino food is all about comfort and these snacks give me that fuzzy feeling inside. Give them a try and taste for yourself.

Rating: A - (Above and beyond your typical plantain chip)