Recipe

Chef John's Bananas Foster

Name: Chef John's Bananas Foster
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: ¼ cup butter; ⅔ cup dark brown sugar; 3 ½ tablespoons rum; 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; 3 bananas, peeled and sliced lengthwise and crosswise; ¼ cup coarsely chopped walnuts; 1 pint vanilla ice cream

Bananas foster is made by cooking sliced bananas and walnuts in a buttery rum sauce and serving it over vanilla ice cream. A Father's Day favorite we all love!

Prep 5mCook 15mTotal 20mServes 4

Ingredients

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Instructions

1
Gather all ingredients.
2
Melt butter in a large, deep skillet over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar, rum, vanilla, and cinnamon; bring to a low boil.
3
Place bananas and walnuts in the pan. Cook until bananas have softened, 1 to 2 minutes.
4
Serve at once over vanilla ice cream. Enjoy!

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