Banana Fritters (5 Ingredients)

These Banana Fritters are easy fritters filled with pieces of bananas, perfect as a tasty snack or weekend breakfast.

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I love simple recipes that use bananas as I tend to always have too many of them on my benchtop. The full recipe is just below but don’t miss my ingredient tips, detailed steps, and cooking tips further down.

Ingredients and Substitutions

You only need 5 ingredients to make these delicious fritters. Here’s how to pick them.

• Self-Rising Flour – To make the crumb light. You can create your own by combining all-purpose flour and baking powder (2 tsp per cup). I don’t recommend using gluten-free flour, and I’m pretty sure that almond flour or oat flour wouldn’t work.
• Sugar – You can omit it if your bananas are very ripe or use unrefined sugar like coconut sugar.
• Almond Milk – To add moisture to the dough. Other plant-based milks like soy or oat milk, or even dairy milk, work well.
• Light Avocado Oil – For a soft batter and for frying. Any neutral-flavored oil can be used in the batter, but avocado oil is my favorite for frying due to its high smoke point.
• Bananas – I turn them into long strips. I like firm, ripe (yellow) bananas over green (not ripe enough) and dark-skin bananas as they tend to melt when cooking.

How to Make Banana Fritters

This recipe is really easy to whip up. Here’s how in pictures.

Slice the bananas in half and then in long strips.

Combine the batter ingredients in a large bowl.

Hold a slice of banana on a fork and dip it into the batter.

Flip it into the batter so it’s fully covered.

Transfer the battered banana into a hot pan with oil.

Flip each slice after a few minutes and cook the other side until golden.

Carine’s Tips

Let me share a few more tips for perfect fritters.

• Batter Consistency – Ensure the batter is thick enough to coat the banana slices without being too heavy.
• Small Batch Frying – Avoid overcrowding the pan to ensure even cooking and prevent the fritters from sticking together.
• Crispy Edges – Fry the fritters until golden brown on both sides for a crispy texture.
• Draining Excess Oil – Place the cooked fritters on a wire rack or paper towel-lined plate to drain excess oil.
• Flavor Pairings – Serve the fritters with a drizzle of maple syrup or a dollop of dairy-free yogurt.
• Fruit Additions – You can add other fruit to the batter, like small pieces of apple.
• Spice Variations – Add a pinch of cardamom or ginger to the batter for a different flavor.
• Chocolate Drizzle – Drizzle melted dairy-free chocolate over the cooked fritters.

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Banana Fritters

These Banana Fritters are easy fritters filled with pieces of bananas, perfect as a tasty snack or weekend breakfast.

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Prep Time: 20 minutes mins

Cook Time: 10 minutes mins

Total Time: 30 minutes mins

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Servings: 5 servings (3 fritters each)

Calories: 270.8 kcal

Author: Carine Claudepierre

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Ingredients

US Customary – Metric

• ▢ 1 cup Self-Rising flour - (note 1)
• ▢ ¼ cup Sugar - add sweetness to the dough (note 2)
• ▢ ¾ cup Almond Milk - (note 3)
• ▢ 2 tablespoons Light Avocado Oil - (note 4) + 1/3 cup to fry the fritters
• ▢ 4 Bananas - firm, yellow not too soft

Optional for flavors

• ▢ 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Cinnamon

To cook and serve

• ▢ ¼ cup Powdered Sugar

Instructions

• In a large mixing bowl, add all the dry ingredients: self-rising flour, sugar, and cinnamon, if used. Whisk to combine.
• Whisk in almond milk, oil, and vanilla extract, if used. Stir until thick.
• Peel the bananas and cut them in half to get two pieces of banana. Slice each piece lengthwise into 3-4 long pieces of banana. Don't slice them too thin, as you don't want them to break when dipped into the fritter batter.
• Heat a large frying pan over medium high-heat with 3-4 tablespoons of avocado oil.
• Gently place the piece of batter-dipped banana in the oil, using two forks to not burn your hand as you release it onto the pan. Make sure the oil comes around the batter to fry the fritter nicely all around, adding more oil if needed.
• Add more fritters in the pan following the same instructions above for dipping the banana pieces and frying. Make sure you do not put too many fritters at once in the pan or they can stick to each other, or the temperature of the oil drop and they don't fry as well.
• Cook the fritters for 2-3 minutes on one side, then flip them and cook them on the other side for 1 minute until fully cooked in the middle.
• Transfer to a cooling rack, add more oil to the pan and repeat the steps above until you run out of batter. I made 15 fritters.

Notes

Note 1: You can make 1 cup of self-rising flour by stirring 2 teaspoons of baking powder in 1 cup of all-purpose flour. I didn’t try this recipe with all-purpose gluten-free flour and I’m not sure it will work. Almond flour or oat flour will not work.

Note 2: The recipe works without sugar if you think the bananas are sweet enough to your liking.

Note 3: Any milk works, like soy milk, oat milk, or dairy milk if you use dairy in your kitchen.

Note 4: Any low-flavor oil works, but avocado oil is the best choice to fry the fritters as it has a high smoke point. If you swap avocado oil for other oil in the batter, keep avocado oil for a healthier frying option.

Note 5: Make sure the bananas are yellow, not green. You want sweet bananas but not overripe bananas or they are too soft and fall apart in the batter.

Storage: Store the fritters in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 days. Rewarm them in the air fryer at 320 F or in a warm pan.

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Nutrition

Serving: 3fritters | Calories: 270.8kcal | Carbohydrates: 56.4g | Protein: 4.2g | Fat: 6.8g | Saturated Fat: 0.8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4.2g | Sodium: 50.4mg | Potassium: 366.1mg | Fiber: 3.4g | Sugar: 21.7g | Vitamin A: 62.1IU | Vitamin C: 8.2mg | Calcium: 57.7mg | Iron: 0.5mg | Magnesium: 32.1mg | Phosphorus: 45.3mg | Zinc: 0.4mg