I first saw this recipe via a post on Facebook. A Nia friend had shared it from a group on Facebook. Neither my friend nor the person on the group had made them. I was not planning on posting about them. I know I say that all the time, but this recipe looked so quick and easy I didn’t really think there would be much to say about it. But I found that I needed to make some adjustments to the recipe in order for it to work for me. The directions in the post just baffled me because they instructed to cook the “pancake” for 20 to 30 seconds. As mine were cooking and I was standing there diligently waiting to flip then, I wondered what type of stove the person had. I wondered what type of pan. I wondered if they liked raw eggs. The food in my pan was no where near cooked much less in a state that could be flipped at 20 to 30 seconds. Because I often think I will not post about something, but then I end up wanting to, I did actually take pictures from the beginning. But then near the end of the cooking process I was more convinced I would NOT post so I didn’t get any good shots. But as my hubby was eating them I decided to share. I don’t want to call these pancakes because they are not “cakey” at all. To me when I hear banana pancakes I picture pancakes with bananas in them. So I am calling them Smashed Banana Eggs, because that is exactly what they are.
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Smashed Banana Eggs
Ingredients:
1 banana
2 eggs
salt
butter/oil
Smash the banana in a bowl. Smash it so much that it is soupy. Then add the eggs. Mix it all up like a scramble, including the tiniest sprinkle of salt. Heat the butter or oil in the pan. When it is hot pour the smashed banana and eggs into the pan forming small circles. Wait until the circle can be moved around the pan. When you are able to slide it then you can flip it.* Flip and cook on that side. When you think it is ready. Serve it with your choice of topping.
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*So for me, I just let them cook until they looked like they would survive being flipped and guess what? That didn’t always do it. Some of them broke apart. But that is ok.
I like mine browned. I cooked them for a long time. I kept flipping them back and forth. As I have mentioned many times before the great thing about a recipe and cooking is you get to decide how to do it. A recipe is a guide but you know how you like your eggs and/or pancakes cooked so you decide how long to do it. With me, since some of the circle didn’t survive the flip intact, I had little pieces that which I could taste so while I was cooking I was able to decide how cooked I wanted them.
As with all of my experiments with food I am a little nervous getting my husband to try it. So I asked if he wanted to try something new. He said ok but asked what it was. At the time I didn’t have my new name figured out so I just said it was kind of like a pancake but not really. So then he asked WHAT was in it and I said eggs and bananas that is all.
He was eating his while mine were still cooking. And he was saying that he had them before. He said his aunt in Hawaii made them for him. Sounds right to me. He really liked them. I think he likes them because they are tasty, but I also think that they are something from his childhood so that makes them even yummier.
I just served them to him with butter. But I was trying to figure out another way, so on one of mine I sprinkled some cinnamon. That was really good too. As I mentioned in the “recipe” serve them with whatever you want.
I am going to say that they are a bit rubbery, but that could be because I cooked them so long. I don’t mind rubbery, I just mention it because I want you to understand these are not pancakes. They are not bready. They are eggs with smashed bananas in them. I will be making them again. They were really good.
Just so you know, the recipe above ended up making about 4 thin 5 inch “circles”.
Thanks to Jason for posting the idea on his Facebook page. My hubby is happy to have a taste from his childhood.
(October 6, 2013 . . . . I posted some things I have learned about making these at My Perfect Smashed Banana Eggs)
So what will you top your Smashed Banana Eggs with?
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