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

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, alcapurrias (beef stuffed fritters). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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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.

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

An Alcapurria is a Puerto Rican fritter made of green bananas and yautia (taro root) and stuffed with meat (Picadillo). To cook the finished alcapurrias, pre-heat the oil for frying. Carefully place the molded alcapurrias into the oil and fry for seven minutes on each side, or until golden brown. When ready, set over a paper towel to remove any excess oil.

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.

Quipes - Beef and Bulgur Meatballs. Cheese Empanadas - Empanadas de Viento. Sweet Yuca Fritters - Buñuelos de Yuca. Add the ground beef and pulse until ingredients are completely incorporated. Alcapurrias, like bacalaitos are deep-fried stuffed fritters.

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