Caramelized Saba banana chips with sugar

Sugar-caramelized saba banana chips

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Thin slices of banana Saba, rolled in sugar and then deep-fried in hot oil until crispy: a popular Filipino snack.

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These Filipino banana chips are made with thinly sliced banana saba. After being rolled in sugar and deep-fried, they become crispy.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time15 min
  • Total30 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfrying
  • Estimated cost$3.88 $0.65 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

6 people
  • $3.21
  • $0.24
  • $0.43

Prices in Belgium.

Directions

  1. Slice the bananas into thin pieces. ≈ 8 min
  2. Place the slices in the sugar. ≈ 10 min
  3. If you wish, you can first dry the bananas before rolling them in sugar. ≈ 3 min
  4. Fry them in hot oil in a frying pan until they are crispy.

The bill

Sugar-caramelized saba banana chips

  • 12 Saba bananas$3.21
  • 300 g of sugar$0.24
  • 25 cl of frying oil$0.43

Total$3.88

that's $0.65 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 12 Saba bananas
  • 300 g of sugar
  • 25 cl of frying oil

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