Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, alcapurrias (beef stuffed fritters). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. 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, and then stuffed with a savory mixture of ground meat or pork. The dough is formed into a cylinder shape, and then deep.
Alcapurrias (Beef stuffed fritters) is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Alcapurrias (Beef stuffed fritters) is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have alcapurrias (beef stuffed fritters) using 20 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Alcapurrias (Beef stuffed fritters):
- Take for batter (The masa)
- Get 5 lb banana (green)
- Get 2 tsp salt
- Prepare 1 lb taro root (yautia)
- Get 1 tsp vinager
- Prepare 1 envelope sazon with achiote (annatto)
- Prepare 1 lots of vegetable oil for deep frying. a few sheets of wax paper for molding
- Make ready the filling
- Prepare 2 lb chopped meat (i prefer pork)
- Prepare 1 tbsp sofrito
- Make ready 8 oz can tomato sauce
- Prepare 2 lb chopped meat ( i prefer pork) chopped up in small pieces
- Prepare 1/2 tsp salt & pepper
- Make ready 1 envelope sazon
- Make ready 8 green olives
- Prepare 1 clove garlic
- Get 6 oz cooked chopped ham
- Take 1 tsp dried oregano
- Get 1 tsp capers
- Take 1/4 vinegar
I provide a nontraditional method that eases the process for home cooks, although; if you would like to prepare them ahead of time, arrange them in. For the meat: Place a skillet over medium heat and add the canola oil, onions and sofrito. 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, and then stuffed with a savory mixture of ground meat or pork.
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.
Then, I stuffed them with picadillo (or ground beef). To fry them, oil must be hot, over medium heat. If is cold, the fritters will break apart. I always fry a little bit of the dough to test the oil. I also like to use parchment paper with a little oil to slide the alcapurrias from the paper to the pan.
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