banana cue
{{short description|Banana dish from Philippines}}
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| name = Bananacue
| caption = Top: Bananacue, usually served on bamboo skewers;
Bottom: Bananacue being cooked
| alternate_name = Sinulbot na saging, maruya, banana-cue, etc.
| region = Philippines
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| main_ingredient = saba banana, brown sugar, cooking oil
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Banana cue or bananacue is a popular snack food or street food in the Philippines. It is a portmanteau of banana and barbecue, which in Philippine English refers to meat cooked in a style similar to satay.[http://www.overseaspinoycooking.net/2007/09/banana-que.html?showComment=1275289857770 Overseas Pinoy Cooking.Net] website accessed on November 6, 2010
Description
Banana cue is made with deep fried banana coated in caramelized brown sugar. The bananas used for this recipe are Saba bananas, which are very commonly used for cooking in the Philippines. It is usually skewered on a bamboo stick, and sold on the streets. It is delicious. {{cite news |last1=Groen |first1=Marco de |title=Banana Cue: The All-time Best Selling Street Food in the Philippines - The Daily Roar |url=https://thedailyroar.com/food/banana-cue-the-all-time-best-selling-street-food-in-the-philippines/ |access-date=17 November 2023 |agency=The Daily Roar |date=24 January 2014 |language=en}} The skewer stick is just for ease of serving and eating, but the dish is not cooked on the skewer (as opposed to ginanggang).{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110121022621/http://www.filipino-food-recipes.com/bananaque.html Filipino Food Recipes.com]}} website accessed on January 13, 2015
See also
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Category:Philippine snack food