Fried Banana Split with Salted Caramel Sauce

It’s Fried-day! Sorry, I couldn’t resist! You know when your guests think something took you hours but it didn’t? Yep. This recipe. There are two parts to it and each took me ten minutes. I made the caramel sauce the day before for convenience but you can make it first and while it’s cooling make the fried bananas. It’s the perfect summer dessert. Sweet, buttery bananas with gooey caramel sauce and creamy ice cream – sign me up! I added mixed seeds and nuts but you can add almonds, pecans, walnuts – whatever calls your name!

Prep time: 5 minutes      Cooking time for bananas and caramel: 20 minutes total      Serves: 4

Make the caramel sauce and set aside to cool.

4 bananas, peeled and sliced lengthways, then cut in half
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon brown sugar
Nuts for topping

 

 

On medium-low heat, add bananas to the melted butter, sliced-way down, and gently fry, turning as needed, until golden brown on both sides. Sprinkle the sugar over the bananas at the five-minute mark and continue to gently fry. The whole frying process takes a total of ten minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

Scoop some ice cream into a bowl, lay the fried bananas over it, drizzle with salted caramel sauce and sprinkle the seeds and nuts if you’re using them. That’s it! Really. That is it!