Not-your-traditional Acaraje
From boofie 15 years ago
- 10 minutes to make
- Serves 6
Fritters made of mashed beans, hiding chunks of shrimp and veggies. Goes great with a mango-pineapple salsa and a fresh tomato salad. Unlike authentic acaraje which uses dried shrimp, I prefer fresh shrimp in mine.
Ingredients
- 1 pound of beans (I use 2/3 black eyed peas and 1/3 black beans), cooked and drained shopping list
- 2 lbs small shrimp, cleaned and chopped 1/4-1/2" pieces shopping list
- 1/2 small sweet onion, diced fine shopping list
- 1/2 habanero chili, very fine chop shopping list
- 2 tbsp salt shopping list
- 1/2 tsp fresh black pepper shopping list
- 1/4 tsp ground cumin shopping list
- Fresh cilantro shopping list
- flour for coating shopping list
- oil for frying shopping list
How to make it
- Take 2/3 of your beans and mash into a paste in a bowl or use your food processor to do the work for you.
- Fold in remaining whole beans, chopped shrimp, onion, chili, salt, pepper, cumin, and a handful of fresh chopped cilantro.
- Form mixture into 6 even patties and allow to chill for at least 30 minutes to overnight. This will let them firm up and make frying easier.
- When ready to fry, heat about 1/2 an inch of oil until nearly smoking.
- Meanwhile, coat bean patties with flour, handling them carefully so they do not fall apart.
- Carefully place patties into oil, a couple at a time, and allow to cook 4-5 minutes on each side or until crispy and shrimp is done.
- Drain on paper towels and serve with fresh mango salsa and tomato salad.
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I would not know traditional from nontraditional, but it sounds intriguing. It looks like it is worth a try! Thank you for posting it.
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Love the fresh shrimp you used in your Not-your-traditional Acaraje
This sound great I have a fifty pound bag of habaneros you do the math ...lol
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