Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, alcapurrias (beef stuffed fritters). It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Alcapurrias are famous Puerto Rican stuffed fritters most commonly served in road-side stands and in cafeterias that specialize in fried snacks, called cuchifritos. The dough of the alcapurria is made from a starchy vegetable, either mashed green plantains or grated yuca. Alcapurria is a fritter dish from Puerto Rico.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook alcapurrias (beef stuffed fritters) using 20 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Alcapurrias (Beef stuffed fritters):
- Take for batter (The masa)
- Take 5 lb banana (green)
- Make ready 2 tsp salt
- Prepare 1 lb taro root (yautia)
- Make ready 1 tsp vinager
- Prepare 1 envelope sazon with achiote (annatto)
- Get 1 lots of vegetable oil for deep frying. a few sheets of wax paper for molding
- Get the filling
- Prepare 2 lb chopped meat (i prefer pork)
- Prepare 1 tbsp sofrito
- Make ready 8 oz can tomato sauce
- Take 2 lb chopped meat ( i prefer pork) chopped up in small pieces
- Get 1/2 tsp salt & pepper
- Make ready 1 envelope sazon
- Get 8 green olives
- Make ready 1 clove garlic
- Make ready 6 oz cooked chopped ham
- Take 1 tsp dried oregano
- Make ready 1 tsp capers
- Prepare 1/4 vinegar
Alcapurrias — a classic traditional snack from Puerto Rico that is primarily made of grated yucca(masa) or both yucca and green banana, stuffed with Picadillo - a scrumptious beef filling. Perfect for on-the-go snack and entertaining! Along the roads there are hundreds of kiosks selling typical dishes, such as the delicious 'salmorejo de jueyes' or stewed crab over an arepa, bacalaítos-salted cod fritters, and of course the classic alcapurrias filled with beef. Alcapurrias are fried, ground beef-filled fritters from the Caribbean.
Steps to make Alcapurrias (Beef stuffed fritters):
- The Masa: - - Thoroughly wash the yautías then peel. - - Peel the green bananas and wash with salted water. - - Grate the bananas and yautías then add the salt, vinegar, oil and sazón. - - Mix well and set aside.
- The Filling: - - In a deep pot, fry your ground meat until all red is gone. - - Drain most of the grease and add the garlic, ham, oregano, vinegar salt, olives, capers, sazón, sofrito and tomato sauce. - - Bring to a boil then reduce heat to low and cover the pot. - - Cook covered for 15 minutes. - - Uncover and cook another 15 minutes, stirring ocassionally. - - On the palm of your hand (or if you are lucky enough to have plantain leaves), spread about 1 1/2 tablespoons of the mixture and make a shallow well. (You may also use wax paper) - - Spread 1 1/2 teaspoons of the filling mixture and cover the filling (meat) with the banana mixture all around. (At this time of the recipe, you can fry the alcapurria or store in the freezer for later use.) - - In a deep fryer or deep frying pan, heat lots of vegetable oil to cover the alcapurrias. - - Fry until slightly crispy. - - Drain the alcapurrias on a paper towel and let them cool off. - - RICAN WARNING: - - DO NOT TRY AND EAT THE ALCAPURRIA IMMEDIATELY. IT WILL BURN YOUR (B
- Tips Try some corned beef in your filling. - - They are yummy when stuffed with shrimp, lobster chicken or turkey.
A favorite appetizer in the Caribbean, the recipe for alcapurrias is to follow, so anyone can make them at home. These tasty delights are ground beef-filled fried fritters made from a mixture of grated yautía (taro root) and green. Add the tomato sauce and stir to combine. Alcapurria is a common street food in Puerto Rico. It is a fried green banana and root vegetable dough filled with seasoned ground beef.
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