Yucca recipe

[Guest guest]

Hi all -- just joined. Thought I'd pass along a recipe. With two

daughters having several food allergies/intolerances, I try to find

creative ways to mix things up. Here's a recipe using yucca, which I

buy at a local Asian grocery:

 

" French fry pancakes "

 

These really are just a version of potato pancakes, using yucca. My

kids, of course, love fries, so I called them french fry pancakes.

They're a hit:

 

2.5 lbs yucca, either frozen or fresh.

1 small onion

cooking oil

pam original cooking spray

thyme, basil, cilantro or parsley

1 teaspoon sea salt

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1/4 cup homemade broth -- vegetable is OK

If using frozen yucca, thaw them. I put mine in a pot, cover with

water, a little sea salt and a little lemon juice. If fresh, peel

and quarter.

 

Boil the yucca with lemon juice for roughly 45 minutes, depending on

how big the chunks are. Strain, let cook slightly. Remove the

tannish core stem that will become visible after cooking.

 

Put yucca into food processor and mash it down. Then, in mixing

bowl, add yucca, your choice of spice (I use 1 tsp thyme), sea salt

and broth, mix well.

 

Put 1 tbsp cooking oil in pan and heat to medium high temp. Wet

hands before handling the yucca mix. Scoop a dollar-sized amount of

yucca mix and shape into a pancake. Cook a few minutes each side

until golden brown.

 

This recipe is very adaptable. You can cut the oil and just cook

with Pam Original, for example, to cut down on fat. You may use your

choice of herb. And, you may use your choice of broth.

 

In addition, you can use this mix to make yucca pancakes, yucca

balls, yucca logs, or even a yucca dough by mixing in some flour. I

haven't tried that yet, but I plan to. And, if you can make a yucca

dough, then you could make yucca noodles or yucca gnocchi, just like

you would with potato.

 

By the way, I found yucca -- both fresh and in 5 lb frozen bags --

at a local Asian grocery that also carried some South American

foods. So, look either in South American or Asian groceries for

this. Cost was $1/lb.

 

jim

[Guest guest]

Welcome Jim,

I thought I had tried just about everything edible but have never

eaten Yucca. It grows wild in our prairie land and I have read about

how the Native Americans used the roots for medicines and the fibers.

I will look for Yucca in the store but don't hold out much luck..LOL

Thanks for joining this great group.

Deanna in Colorado

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

That sounds great, Jim, and way to go on getting the kids to buy it... :-)

[Guest guest]

My husband makes the best yucca balls, though he also makes them with

potatoes in a pinch.

 

Cut up, boil and mash the yucca.

Add 1 Cup or so of water or milk and enough flour to make into a nice

paste, thick enough to roll into balls.

 

For stuffing the original recipe calls for browned ground meat, but we

use cooked & cooled yellow rice instead.

 

Poke a hole in the ball, stick some rice in, and pinch the hole closed.

 

Fry in a deep pan or a deep fryer until golden brown.

 

Absolutely marvelous!!

 

meg