Stuffed Yuca Fritters

Name: Stuffed Yuca Fritters
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 57 grams (1/4 of an 8-oz. pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened; 3 eggs, divided; 59 milliliters flour; 454 grams ground beef; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 teaspoons ground black pepper; 59 milliliters KRAFT Zesty Italian Dressing; 1 medium onion, finely chopped; 710 milliliters PLANTERS Peanut Oil; 1 sleeve saltine crackers (39 crackers), finely crushed; 2 Tbsps tomato paste; 1 teaspoon water; 1 kilograms yuca (cassava), peeled, cut into 1-inch pieces

Stuffed Yuca Fritters might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 10 servings with 463 calories, 12g of protein, and 21g of fat each. A mixture of planters peanut oil, 1/4 cup kraft zesty italian dressing, onion, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. To use up the cream cheese you could follow this main course with the Cream Cheese Dessert Wedges as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour.

Instructions

Place yuca in large saucepan; add enough water to completely cover yuca. Bring to boil on medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 15 min. or until tender but not soft.

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Water

Cassava

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Sauce Pan

Drain. Cool. Meanwhile, combine tomato paste, cumin and dressing in large skillet. Stir in onions. Cook on medium-high heat 3 min. or until onions are tender.

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Tomato Paste

Onion

Cumin

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Frying Pan

Add meat and pepper; mix well. Cook 15 min. or until meat is no longer pink, stirring occasionally.

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Pepper

Meat

Place yuca and cream cheese in large bowl; mash well.

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Cream Cheese

Cassava

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Bowl

Add 2 of the eggs, one at a time, stirring until well blended after each addition. Gradually add flour, stirring until mixture forms a stiff dough. (If dough is too soft, mix in an additional 1 Tbsp. flour.) Shape 1/4 cup of the dough into a ball. Press a deep hole into center of ball with your finger; fill hole with 2 tsp. of the meat mixture. Reshape ball to completely enclose filling. Repeat with remaining dough and meat mixture to form a total of 20 balls; set aside. Beat remaining egg with the 1 tsp. water in shallow bowl or pie plate.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Water

Egg

Meat

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Bowl

Place cracker crumbs in separate shallow bowl or pie plate. Dip yuca balls in the egg mixture, then in the cracker crumbs, turning to evenly coat each ball.

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Cracker Crumbs