Pan-Fried Banana with Cottage Cheese and Toasted Oats
Banana slices cooked in a hot pan until golden and soft, served warm over thick cottage cheese with toasted oats for crunch.
- Total
- 13 min
- Prep 5 · Cook 8
- Serves
- 1
- Difficulty
- Easy
You'll practice: Toasting spices · Caramelizing
- Sweet
- Stovetop
Instructions
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Spoon the cottage cheese into a small bowl and stir in a pinch of salt until it looks smooth and creamy. Set it aside.
~2 min
Stirring salt into cottage cheese seasons it evenly and helps it look smoother and creamier.
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Peel the banana and cut it into 1 cm thick slices on the diagonal.
~1 min
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Warm the olive oil in a small non-stick frying pan over medium heat. Add the oats and toast, stirring, until they smell nutty and turn light golden, about 2 minutes. Tip them onto a plate.
~2 min
Toasting oats in oil drives off moisture and triggers Maillard browning, creating nutty flavor and crunch.
Toasting the oats in the same pan first builds a nutty base and seasons the pan, so wipe out any dark spots before the banana goes in.
Toasting spices Toast oats over medium heat, stirring constantly, until they smell nutty and turn light golden, about 2 minutes. Watch closely because they can burn quickly.
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Lay the banana slices in the same pan in a single layer. Cook without moving them until the undersides are deep golden, about 3 minutes.
~3 min
Cooking bananas undisturbed in a single layer lets their sugars caramelize and develop a deep golden crust.
Caramelizing Cook banana slices in a single layer without moving them until deep golden, then flip. Avoid crowding the pan so they brown instead of steam.
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Flip the banana slices with a spatula and cook until the second side is golden and the slices are soft and glossy, about 2 minutes.
~2 min
Flipping once the first side is set prevents sticking and lets the second side caramelize without breaking the soft slices.
Caramelizing Cook banana slices in a single layer without moving them until deep golden, then flip. Avoid crowding the pan so they brown instead of steam.
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Spread the cottage cheese on a plate, lay the warm banana on top and scatter over the toasted oats.
~1 min