Alcapurrias (Beef stuffed fritters)
Alcapurrias (Beef stuffed fritters)

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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 begin with this recipe, we must first 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):
  1. Get for batter (The masa)
  2. Prepare banana (green)
  3. Make ready salt
  4. Get taro root (yautia)
  5. Prepare vinager
  6. Make ready sazon with achiote (annatto)
  7. Get lots of vegetable oil for deep frying. a few sheets of wax paper for molding
  8. Get the filling
  9. Take chopped meat (i prefer pork)
  10. Make ready sofrito
  11. Prepare can tomato sauce
  12. Get chopped meat ( i prefer pork) chopped up in small pieces
  13. Take salt & pepper
  14. Take sazon
  15. Take green olives
  16. Get garlic
  17. Prepare cooked chopped ham
  18. Take dried oregano
  19. Make ready capers
  20. Get 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. Add the ground beef, olives, adobo seasoning, garlic powder, pepper, and Sazón Culantro and Achiote seasoning.

Instructions to make Alcapurrias (Beef stuffed fritters):
  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. Tips Try some corned beef in your filling. - - They are yummy when stuffed with shrimp, lobster chicken or turkey.

Lift a long edge of the parchment. 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. You can find these crispy goodies in every kiosk around the island.

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