Make freshly fried alcapurrias at home! Yamira Lee Johnson, head chef and founder of Breaking Bread with Mira, shows us how to cook this popular Puerto Rican fritter.
OCLS celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with this Cuisine Corner series specially created by Chef Yamira Lee Johnson. Be sure to check out Yamira Lee Johnson’s upcoming cooking videos on OCLS Videos.
Alcapurrias Ingredients:
• 6 green bananas
• 1 cup pumpkin (Caribbean calabaza)
• 1 cup of taro root (yautia)
• Salt
• Pepper
• Sofrito
• 1 tablespoon of annatto seeds
• 1 cup avocado oil
• Banana leaves, parchment paper or zip lock bag to form alcapurrias
• Filling
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 1/2 pound of ground beef, or 8 oz of corned beef, or 8 oz of crab meat, with adobo, sofrito, salt, pepper, diced tomatoes and green olives.
• Avocado oil for frying