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Alcapurria is a fritter dish from Puerto Rico. The dough surrounding the meat, the masa, is made primarily of green banana and grated xanthosoma ("yautía") in most of Puerto Rico. The meat is often ground beef, such as picadillo, but can be any chopped meat like corn beef or seafood.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have 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):
- Prepare for batter (The masa)
- Get 5 lb banana (green)
- Get 2 tsp salt
- Get 1 lb taro root (yautia)
- Take 1 tsp vinager
- Get 1 envelope sazon with achiote (annatto)
- Prepare 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)
- Get 1 tbsp sofrito
- Get 8 oz can tomato sauce
- Make ready 2 lb chopped meat ( i prefer pork) chopped up in small pieces
- Take 1/2 tsp salt & pepper
- Prepare 1 envelope sazon
- Prepare 8 green olives
- Get 1 clove garlic
- Get 6 oz cooked chopped ham
- Make ready 1 tsp dried oregano
- Prepare 1 tsp capers
- Get 1/4 vinegar
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. (Puerto Rican stuffed fritters). Say the word "alcapurrias," and most Puerto Ricans think "beach food." These scrumptious fritters are usually made with a batter of taro (yautía) and green bananas (guineos verdes), and are stuffed with either a meat (pino) filling or with.
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.
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. Alcapurria is a common and delicious street food in Puerto Rico.
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