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Yuccas A La Huancaina - Cassava With Huancaina Sauce Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Adacowan / All my dishes 1 year, 11 months ago One of my absolute favorite appetizers! This sauce can also be served as an appetizer over boiled and sliced potatoes or as a salad dressing. Prep:20m Cook:20m Servings:46	Adacowan
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Ingredients

1 or 2 yuccas (cassava)

Vegetable oil

Salt

Huancaína Sauce:

7 Fresh yellow aji (chili), seeded and deveined

10 oz. Fresh Ricotta or Feta Cheese

Vegetable oil

2/3 C. milk

1 small onion, chopped

1 garlic clove, crushed

Salt & Pepper to taste

Directions

Peel and rinse yuccas.

Cut in 2 or 3 pieces depending the size.

Cook yuccas in salted water until soft and tender when pierced with a fork. Drain and cool.

Cut yuccas in ½ " x 2" sections.

Heat oil in a skillet and fry yuccas until golden.

Season.

Drain fat in paper towel.

Yucca sticks may be frozen until ready to use.

Remove from freezer and place immediately in hot oil until golden and crispy.

Serve with Huancaína Sauce as an appetizer.

Huancaína Sauce:

Place ají in a blender.

Pour milk and blend.

Sauté onion with garlic in oil until cooked.

Add this mixture to blender together with the cheese.

While blending add oil until a creamy sauce is obtained.

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Comments

stacip 1 year, 10 months ago said:
I've had that Peruvian spicy sauce before. It's so good! Thank you for the recipe.

wilz 1 year, 9 months ago said:
One of my favorite appetizers too!!! You can make this with potatoes for Papa a la Huancaina right?

adacowan 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Absolutely. You can even use the sauce as a salad dressing or just dip bread in it! I'm glad you like it!!!

chef2 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Do you have a chicke La Bresa Recipe ,I like this appetizer very much also what is the green sauce they serve at the table its so spicy I love it.-Vernalisa
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