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Did you know that the banana peel is edible and can be used as an ingredient in cooking sisig? In fact, it's not only edible, but it's also loaded with health benefits.

Learn how to make a healthy version of sisig using banana peel / Source: Pinas Sarap

The banana peel is rich in phytochemicals and contains nutrients such as potassium, essential amino acids and fiber, including pectin.

Pectin is a dietary fiber which helps improve gut health. It is known to treat digestive issues such as diarrhea, constipation, and ulcers.

Meanwhile, potassium aids in regulating blood pressure levels, protects against bone loss, and reduces your risk of developing kidney stones.

And as you may already know, amino acids are the building blocks of protein and play a key role in the vital processes in our body such as synthesis of hormones and neurotransmitters.

And unlike their non-essential counterpart, essential amino acids are not produced by our bodies and can only be obtained through what we consume.

Therefore, it's really important to include them in your diet, and the banana peel is among the great food sources of these nutrients.

Now you have two options for making good use of banana peel: use it for your DIY fertilizer or use it as an ingredient in cooking up a yummy dish such as sisig.

In a recent episode of Pinas Sarap, Chef Chona Laurete showed how the make a healthy version of sisig using the peel of a cardava banana or plantain banana, or what we call in Tagalog the saging na saba.

If you want to try meatless version of the Pinoy favorite sisig at home, below are the ingredients and procedure.

Ingredients:

banana peel from a ripe saging na saba

cornstarch

flour

paprika

garlic powder

onion powder

white pepper

seasoning

sweet soy sauce

sliced onions (1/2 onion)

mayonnaise

red chili pepper

green chili pepper

Procedure:

1. Wash the saging na saba thoroughly and slice off the ends.

2. Boil the banana peel for 3 minutes then set aside and let it cool down.

3. Combine cornstarch, flour, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, and white pepper in a mixing bowl.

4. Dice the banana peel.

5. Dredge the diced banana peel in the dry ingredient mixture you prepared earlier.

6. Deep fry the banana peel until crispy.

7. For the sisig sauce, heat up a grilling pan and put seasoning, sweet soy sauce, sliced onions.

8. Add the fried banana peel and mayonnaise then mix well.

9. Top with sliced red and green chili pepper then serve.

Watch and learn how to make banana peel sisig in the Pinas Sarap video below.

For more healthy recipes like this, watch Pinas Sarap every Tuesday, 5:45 p.m. on GMA News TV.

And for more lifestyle content, head out to GMA's Lifestyle page.

You might also like to try Spam sisig and other leveled up canned food recipes.