Hello everybody, welcome to our recipe page. Today I will show you how to make a distinctive dish, Alcapurrias (Beef stuffed fritters). It is one of my favourite food recipe, this time i will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Alcapurrias (Beef stuffed fritters) Recipe. 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.

You can cook Alcapurrias (Beef stuffed fritters) using 20 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Alcapurrias (Beef stuffed fritters)

Prepare of for batter (The masa).
Take 5 lb of banana (green).
It’s 2 tsp of salt.
Make ready 1 lb of taro root (yautia).
You need 1 tsp of vinager.
Prepare 1 envelope of sazon with achiote (annatto).
Make ready 1 of lots of vegetable oil for deep frying. a few sheets of wax paper for molding.
You need of the filling.
Make ready 2 lb of chopped meat (i prefer pork).
Make ready 1 tbsp of sofrito.
You need 8 oz of can tomato sauce.
You need 2 lb of chopped meat ( i prefer pork) chopped up in small pieces.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt & pepper.
You need 1 envelope of sazon.
Make ready 8 of green olives.
Make ready 1 clove of garlic.
Make ready 6 oz of cooked chopped ham.
It’s 1 tsp of dried oregano.
Prepare 1 tsp of capers.
Make ready 1/4 of vinegar.

Great recipe for Alcapurrias (Beef stuffed fritters). these fritters are Amazingly good ~(o.o)~ :ohyeaah.A latin finger food filled with gound beef.The outside is a folding dough commonly known as "Masa" made of Yautia aka Taro Root.Be the first to rate & review!

Alcapurrias (Beef stuffed fritters) step by step

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! (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.

Heat olive oil in a cast-iron skillet over high.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.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.