Ivory Coast Fried Bananas

• 4 medium bananas
• 2 -3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 3/4 cup corn flakes, finely crushed
• peanut oil (for frying)
• black pepper (optional)
• cinnamon-sugar mixture (optional)

1. Peel bananas and cut each in half. Cut each piece into four pieces - lengthwise, giving you a total of 32 french fry-sized pieces.
2. Place banana pieces in a large shalow bowl and drizzle with lemon juice to prevent browning. Let set for 5 minutes.
3. Heat peanut oil (about 1/2 inch deep) in a heavy skillet at medium-high heat.
4. Place crushed corn flakes in a seperate large shallow bowl or on a baking pan. Roll each banana piece in corn flakes until well covered.
5. Fry banana pieces in skillet until golden brown on each side.
6. Spinkle with either pepper or a 50/50 mix of cinnamon/sugar. depending whether you'd like them sweet or savory.

bananas, lemon juice, corn flakes, peanut oil, black pepper, cinnamonsugar

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/ivory-coast-fried-bananas-456138 (may not work)