Green Plantain Pancakes with Hemp Seeds (Flourless)

Looking for a quick and easy, delicious, satisfying, but healthy breakfast that feels like a treat? Try these super easy flourless green plantain pancakes that are lectin-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, and sugar-free.

Green plantain vs. sweet plantain

Plantains, such as bananas, can be consumed at any stage of their ripeness. Green plantains are unripe plantains and have a green peel, while sweet plantains are ripe and have yellow skin and sometimes brown spots when they become overripe.

Traditionally, green plantains are used to make tostones and chips, while sweet or ripe plantains are used in stews, fried, pancakes, and other desserts. I love to make sugar-free, grain-free granola with green plantains.

Also, check this green plantain curry with chicken recipe and these delicious, gluten-free flatbreads with green plantain and sorghum flour.

There is an important nutritional difference between the two. While green plantains are mainly a resistant starch, with a small amount of sugar, sweet plantains become simple starch, with an important amount of sugar.

That’s why I only use green plantains in my recipes, including this pancake recipe.

According to USDA data, one green plantain (270 grams) has 6.11 grams of sugar, while a yellow, ripe plantain has 47.2 grams of sugar. (SOURCE)

The ingredients for the flourless green plantain pancakes:

• green plantain
• pasture-raised eggs
• extra virgin olive oil (melted coconut oil can be used, but not hot)
• inulin powder (or the sweetener of your choice)
• salt
• vanilla
• cinnamon
• baking powder
• hemp hearts/seeds

For serving the plantain pancakes, I used:

• hazelnut butter
• coconut butter/manna
• berry sauce

How to make this green plantain pancake recipe

• Wash the green plantain in warm water, pat it dry and peel it. You can cut it into a few pieces and then peel each of them; it’s easier, and since they will be blended, it doesn’t matter if they are not perfectly peeled.
• Add the chopped green plantain, eggs, inulin powder, olive oil, salt, vanilla, cinnamon, and baking powder to a blender and mix until creamy.
• Add the hemp seeds to the batter and combine with a spatula or spoon (don’t blend the hemp seeds).
• Heat a cast-iron pan, griddle, or your favorite pancake skillet on medium heat. I use a cast iron, and it doesn’t need fat, but if you know your pan needs fat, you can work with a little bit of coconut oil. I made three small pancakes at a time (about 4 inches), but you can make them any size you want. Cook on the first side for a few minutes until the edges start to settle, then flip the pancakes with a spatula and cook for a few more minutes on the other side until they are no longer soft to touch.
• Transfer to a plate and cover until you make them all.
• Serve with your favorite nut butter, coconut butter, and berry sauce, or whatever you feel like. If you love syrup on your pancakes, but want to avoid the sugar spike maple syrup might give you, use Yacon syrup or Lakanto syrup.

Feel free to add some Homemade Sugar-Free Nutella 😊

How to make the berry sauce

The easiest way to make a berry sauce is to warm frozen berries. For this one, I used raspberries and blackberries. Blueberries, tart or sweet cherries would be perfect too.

To make the berry sauce, I add the frozen fruits to a saucepan, and while I make the pancakes, the sauce simmers on low heat until some of the extra liquid evaporates (it needs about 20 minutes on low heat). I add a small quantity of inulin powder, or another safe, natural sweetener.

Read more about my experience with removing sugar from my diet here: How I Quit Sugar 5+ Years Ago. And I Still Eat the Cake.

More healthy pancake recipes

If you are exploring more gluten-free, lectin-free, sugar-free pancakes, check out these healthy recipes:

• Millet Pancakes with Green Bananas
• Lectin-Free Pancakes with Tigernut Flour and Wild Blueberries
• Lectin-Free Spinach Pancakes with Wild Blueberries
• Citrus Infused Dutch Baby Pancake with Apples
• Gluten-Free German Pancakes Recipe (Low-Carb)

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