Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, alcapurrias (beef stuffed fritters). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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. This traditional Puerto Rican fritter dish is hearty and full of flavor.
Alcapurrias (Beef stuffed fritters) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Alcapurrias (Beef stuffed fritters) is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook alcapurrias (beef stuffed fritters) using 20 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Alcapurrias (Beef stuffed fritters):
- Take for batter (The masa)
- Prepare 5 lb banana (green)
- Prepare 2 tsp salt
- Make ready 1 lb taro root (yautia)
- Make ready 1 tsp vinager
- Get 1 envelope sazon with achiote (annatto)
- Take 1 lots of vegetable oil for deep frying. a few sheets of wax paper for molding
- Make ready the filling
- Take 2 lb chopped meat (i prefer pork)
- Take 1 tbsp sofrito
- Get 8 oz can tomato sauce
- Prepare 2 lb chopped meat ( i prefer pork) chopped up in small pieces
- Prepare 1/2 tsp salt & pepper
- Get 1 envelope sazon
- Get 8 green olives
- Make ready 1 clove garlic
- Make ready 6 oz cooked chopped ham
- Get 1 tsp dried oregano
- Make ready 1 tsp capers
- Take 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! Alcapurria is a common street food in Puerto Rico. It is a fried green banana and root vegetable dough filled with seasoned ground beef.
Instructions 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.
Alcapurria is a common and delicious street food in Puerto Rico. You can find these crispy goodies in every kiosk around the island. Alcapurrias are fried, ground beef-filled fritters from the Caribbean. Learn how to make them with this easy recipe that uses yautia and green banana. These tasty delights are ground beef-filled fried fritters made from a mixture of grated yautía (taro root) and green bananas.
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