Banacipes
90 banana recipes of our own plus 1,402 more from 26 recipe sites, from breakfast to cocktails. Pick a meal, tell us how ripe your bananas are, or just browse.
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Aborrajados
Colombian ripe plantain stuffed with melting cheese, battered and fried.
Arroz a la cubana
Rice, tomato sauce, a fried egg and a fried banana: simple and much loved in Spain and the Philippines.
Bacon-wrapped bananas
Sweet, salty, smoky party bites in 20 minutes.
Baked banana oatmeal
A sliceable tray of oats that reheats beautifully all week.
Banana and chickpea coconut curry
A mild, sweet-savoury curry where ripe banana melts into the sauce.
Banana and date energy balls
No-bake bites of banana, dates, oats and nut butter for a quick boost.
Banana and Nutella crêpes
Paper-thin French pancakes folded around banana and chocolate spread.
Banana blossom "fish" and chips
Flaky, battered banana blossom: the vegan chippy favourite.
Banana bread pudding
Stale bread, banana and custard baked until puffed and golden.
Banana cake with cream cheese frosting
A soft, tender banana sheet cake with tangy frosting.
Banana cheesecake
A baked vanilla-banana cheesecake on a gingernut base with caramel sauce.
Banana chia pudding
Blended banana and chia that sets into a spoonable pudding.
Banana chocolate chip cookies
Soft, cakey cookies with banana and chocolate.
Banana chutney
A sticky, tangy chutney for curries, cheese boards and sandwiches.
Banana cream pie
A crisp pastry shell filled with vanilla custard, banana and whipped cream.
Banana cue
Filipino caramelised saba bananas on skewers, sold on street corners.
Banana cupcakes
Light banana sponge with a swirl of brown-butter frosting.
Banana Dutch baby
A dramatic puffed oven pancake topped with caramelised banana.
Banana French toast
Bread soaked in a banana custard and fried until golden.
Banana granola
Crunchy clusters sweetened with mashed banana instead of lots of sugar.
Banana hot chocolate
Rich hot chocolate blended with banana for a velvety, naturally sweet mug.
Banana jam
A soft, golden spread of bananas, lemon and a hint of vanilla.
Banana lassi
A cool Indian yogurt drink with banana and cardamom.
Banana milkshake
Diner-style: banana, vanilla ice cream and cold milk.
Banana nice cream
One ingredient: frozen banana blended until it turns into soft-serve.
Banana nut quinoa porridge
A protein-rich, gluten-free twist on porridge.
Banana oat breakfast muffins
Wholesome grab-and-go muffins sweetened mostly by banana.
Banana overnight oats
Five minutes the night before, breakfast ready when you wake up.
Banana peel "pulled pork"
A zero-waste trick: shredded banana peels cooked in barbecue sauce.
Banana raita
A sweet-and-spiced yogurt side that cools down any curry.
Banana scones
British scones with a soft banana crumb, great with clotted cream.
Banana smoothie bowl
A thick, frozen-banana base piled with crunchy toppings.
Banana soufflé
A light, tall soufflé flavoured with banana and a little rum.
Banana sushi
A fun kids' snack: banana rolled in a nut-butter tortilla and sliced into "maki".
Banana tarte Tatin
Bananas caramelised in a pan under puff pastry, flipped to serve.
Banana upside-down cake
Caramelised banana slices baked under a soft vanilla sponge, then flipped.
Banana waffles
Crisp outside, soft inside, with a sweet banana flavour.
Banana yogurt parfait
Layers of yogurt, banana, honey and granola in a glass.
Bananas and custard
The British nursery pudding: warm vanilla custard poured over sliced banana.
Bananas Foster
New Orleans' flambéed bananas in butter, brown sugar and rum, poured over ice cream.
Banoffee pie
Biscuit base, thick toffee, sliced banana and whipped cream: Britain's great banana dessert.
Brazilian banana farofa
Toasted cassava flour with butter, onion and banana: the crunchy side for feijoada and barbecues.
Campfire banana boats
Bananas split in their skins, stuffed with chocolate and marshmallows, cooked in the embers.
Caramelised bananas with ice cream
The fastest posh dessert: bananas fried in butter and sugar until sticky.
Chewy banana oat bars
Lunchbox flapjack-style bars sweetened with banana and honey.
Chocolate chip banana bread
Classic banana bread with pockets of melted chocolate.
Chocolate-dipped frozen banana pops
Frozen bananas on sticks, dunked in chocolate and rolled in sprinkles.
Cinnamon banana porridge
Creamy oats cooked with banana until it melts into sweetness.
Classic banana bread
The reason brown bananas exist: moist, sweet and better on day two.
Classic banana smoothie
Banana, yogurt, milk and honey: the smoothie everyone starts with.
Classic banana split
Three scoops, a split banana, three sauces and a cherry on top.
Crispy baked banana chips
Thin banana slices slowly baked until crunchy, with no frying.
Curried banana and coconut soup
A silky, gently spiced soup inspired by West Indian and Kenyan cooking.
Filipino banana ketchup
The Philippines' sweet-tangy ketchup, made from bananas instead of tomatoes.
Fish tacos with banana salsa
Crisp fish, a sweet-hot banana and lime salsa, soft tortillas.
Fluffy banana pancakes
Thick American-style pancakes with mashed banana in the batter.
Flying Jacob (Flygande Jacob)
A gloriously odd Swedish bake of chicken, banana, cream, chilli sauce, bacon and peanuts.
Frozen banana bites
Peanut butter sandwiched between banana coins, dipped in chocolate and frozen.
Frozen banana daiquiri
A blended rum cocktail with banana, lime and ice.
Fudgy banana brownies
Dense chocolate brownies with banana for extra fudginess.
Ginataang saging
Saba bananas simmered in sweet coconut milk with tapioca pearls.
Green banana smoothie
Spinach you can't taste, thanks to banana and mango.
Homemade banana ice cream
A rich custard-based ice cream made with roasted bananas.
Hummingbird cake
A Southern layer cake of banana, pineapple and pecans with cream cheese frosting.
Jamaican banana fritters
Soft, spiced pancakes of mashed banana, fried until golden.
Jamaican fried plantain
The essential side with ackee and saltfish, jerk chicken or rice and peas.
Kerala banana chips
Crisp, golden slices of raw banana fried in coconut oil, as sold all over South India.
Korean banana milk
A homemade take on Korea's famous sweet banana-flavoured milk.
Maduros
Sweet fried ripe plantains, caramelised at the edges.
Mangú with the three hits
The Dominican breakfast: silky mashed green plantains with pickled onions, fried cheese, salami and eggs.
Matoke
Uganda's national dish: green cooking bananas stewed in a tomato and onion sauce.
Mofongo
Puerto Rico's garlicky mash of fried green plantains and crisp pork.
Mtori
A comforting Tanzanian soup of green bananas and beef, blended until creamy.
Pastelón
Puerto Rican "plantain lasagne": sweet plantain layered with savoury beef and cheese.
Pazham pori (Kerala banana fritters)
Ripe banana slices in a lightly sweet batter, fried: Kerala's tea-time favourite.
Peanut butter banana smoothie
Thick, filling and tastes like a milkshake.
Peanut butter banana toast
The five-minute breakfast classic, upgraded with honey and seeds.
Peruvian tacacho with cecina
Balls of mashed, roasted green plantain and pork crackling from the Peruvian Amazon.
Plantain and black bean bowls
Sweet roasted plantain, smoky black beans, rice, avocado and lime.
Raw banana stir-fry (vazhakkai poriyal)
A South Indian side of green banana cubes with mustard seeds, curry leaves and coconut.
Southern banana pudding
Layers of vanilla custard, vanilla wafers and banana under a cloud of cream.
Strawberry banana smoothie
The pink classic: sweet strawberries and creamy banana.
Swedish banana curry pizza
Sweden's favourite "wrong" pizza: ham, banana, pineapple and curry powder.
Thai banana roti
Bangkok street pancake: crisp folded dough with banana, egg and condensed milk.
The Elvis sandwich
Peanut butter, banana and bacon, fried in butter. The King's favourite.
Tostones
Twice-fried green plantain coins: crisp outside, fluffy inside.
Turon (banana lumpia)
Filipino street snack: banana and jackfruit rolled in spring-roll wrappers, fried in caramel.
Two-ingredient banana oat cookies
Banana plus oats, baked into chewy little cookies. Add chocolate if you like.
Two-ingredient banana pancakes
Just banana and egg: naturally sweet, flour-free little pancakes.
Vegan banana bread
No eggs, no butter, still fluffy and full of banana.
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