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    My Colombian Recipes » Recipes » Appetizers and Snacks » Yuca Frita (fried Cassava)

    Yuca Frita (Fried Cassava)

    Jun 8, 2022 · Modified: Oct 21, 2022 by Erica Dinho · 25 Comments

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    Fried Yuca is a delicious dish popular in Latin American cuisine. In Colombia it's serve as aside dish or appetizer.

    Recetas Colombianas-Yuca FritaPin

    Yuca Frita or Yuca Fries is a very popular dish in Colombia and Latin America. This dish is served by just about every typical Colombian Restaurant in the world.

    I like to serve them as an appetizer with salsa rosada or your favorite dipping sauce. Fried Yuca is also a delicious side dish for grilled meats, poultry and seafood.

    Yuca frita (Yuca or Cassava Fries) |mycolombianrecipes.comPin

    Fried Yuca Recipe

    Erica Dinho
    5 from 24 votes
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    Prep Time 5 mins
    Cook Time 5 mins
    Total Time 10 mins
    Course Side Dish
    Cuisine Colombian
    Servings 4 servings
    Calories 363 kcal

    Ingredients
     

    • 2 Lb fresh or frozen yuca cassava
    • Vegetable oil
    • ½ tablespoon salt

    Instructions
     

    • In a large pot cover the yuca with water, add salt and bring to a boil, reduce the heat to medium low and cook about 15 to 20 minutes or until is tender.
    • Remove the yuca from the water and pat dry with paper towels. Cut the cooked yuca into ½ – inch strips.
    • Fill a large frying pan with enough vegetable oil to 350° F. When the oil is hot, place the yuca into the heated oil carefully. Fry them until golden brown on both sides about 6 to 8 minutes.
    • Remove the yuca pieces from the oil using a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Sprinkle with salt and serve.

    Notes

    *You can use frozen or fresh yuca for this recipe.
    *If you prefer to bake your yuca fries. Follow the recipe, but instead of frying them Bake in the oven at 450º F for about 20  minutes or until golden, turning twice.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 363kcalCarbohydrates: 86gProtein: 3gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.2gSodium: 904mgPotassium: 615mgFiber: 4gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 29IUVitamin C: 47mgCalcium: 37mgIron: 1mg
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    Recetas de comida colombianaPin

    Yuca Fries are made with cassava a starchy vegetable popular in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. It's a wonderful ingredient to to mash, boil or fry. It can be use the same way you use potatoes. You can customize fried yuca in so many ways by adding different spices, like cumin, paprika or chili powder. Some main dishes to serve with yuca fries are whole fried fish, fish with creole sauce and stuffed meatloaf.

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    More recipes to make with Yuca (Cassava):

    Yuca Balls Stuffed with Cheese

    Yuca Arepas

    Cassava with Chorizo and Cheese Sauce

    Cod Fish and Yuca Cakes

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    My name is Erica and I was born and raised in Colombia and now live in the northeastern United States with my husband and family. This blog was inspired by my grandmother, Mamita, who was an amazing traditional Colombian cook.

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    Comments

    1. Smokeydoke

      April 11, 2009 at 2:44 pm

      5 stars
      I had some at the farmer's market the other day. Delicious. Can't wait to try it at hom.

      Reply
    2. Erica

      April 12, 2009 at 8:44 am

      5 stars
      yuca frita makes a great change in the traditional potato fries!

      Reply
      • Alan Bowman

        August 22, 2016 at 5:01 am

        5 stars
        They are certainly much better for flavour and have a much lower fat content.

        Reply
    3. HK Lam

      April 14, 2009 at 10:12 am

      5 stars
      Very much like how we eat them in South East Asia. In Thailand, the cassava are steamed and sweet syrup made of sugar and coconut cream are poured over.

      Reply
    4. J Van Allen

      July 04, 2009 at 11:48 pm

      5 stars
      I had this when I was on a missions Trip to Zambia last summer, I bought a large chunk (about a foot long) with about a half a cup of peanuts for 1000K (at the time about 30 cents Canadian) I had it on a couple of occasions like this and many times after it had been dried, grinded into a powder then made into almost like thick mashed potatoes and eaten with anything they had on hand

      I have been craving this for months now, now that I have the recipe I jsut need to see if I can get my hands on some Cassava and I wil be set (I live in a small town so it will be difficult to find, but eventually I will manage)

      Thank you for this recipe, it is exactly what I was looking for

      Reply
    5. Rose Maitland

      November 24, 2009 at 9:10 am

      5 stars
      Thank you, I have always enjoyed yuccatan at Polo Tropical in Florida, I am about to try it. In jamaica, "bammy" is usually made from cassava. Cassava is really eaten in its natural form.

      Reply
    6. shabina

      May 12, 2010 at 11:25 am

      5 stars
      I am from manchester and wanted to know where I can buy cassava from I had it once in a restraunt ion london where it was made just like this recipe. it was really nice, since then i have been on the look out for it, any ideas?

      Reply
      • Anonymous

        May 13, 2018 at 3:51 pm

        5 stars
        Asda and indiani supermakets

        Reply
    7. Laura

      July 02, 2010 at 9:26 pm

      5 stars
      Thank you for the recipe! I made it tonight and it was a big hit. My son kept asking for more salty fries! YUMMY!!!!!!!

      Reply
    8. Angela

      July 20, 2010 at 9:13 am

      5 stars
      Me dieron ganas de yuca!! que rico... suerte que tengo un paquetico en la nevera. 🙂
      Gracias!!!

      Reply
    9. Peru Delights

      October 13, 2013 at 8:13 pm

      5 stars
      This recipe is almost identical to Peruvian fried yucca, but we love to serve these with any spicy sauce, being huancaína, aji amarillo, rocoto, or the like. Never thought about salsa Golf, which we use for shrimp or fish fritters... Oh, I´m so hungry!

      Reply
      • Sherry

        January 19, 2023 at 12:14 pm

        Can you share those sauce recipes with me, please?! Thank you.

        Reply
    10. claudia brunie

      November 12, 2014 at 5:11 pm

      5 stars
      Thank you,thank you...I have been looking for Colombian recipes all over,but none compare to yours.Brings me back to when I used to live in Medellín during my Bachillerato years. Memories of family friends and delicious food. Now I have the recipes.Thank you

      Reply
    11. Maria

      June 28, 2016 at 7:18 pm

      5 stars
      Do you have to boil them first even if you buy the Yuca frozen?
      thanks so much for this recipe.. can't wait to try it out 🙂

      Reply
      • Jorge

        September 13, 2016 at 12:01 pm

        5 stars
        The best result is boiling them first. We lived in the Llanos Orientales and had a farm just outside Villavicencio. My dad had yucca, plantain, topocho (rulo plantain), watermelons, vegetables and fruit trees (best one was Manzana Brasileña -rose apple).
        We just got down to the yucca plants, pulled one. Washed, peel, cut 2" long, then in 4 (like a + symbol), washed/dry it, and fried. It's quick and easy, but doesn't compare to boiled/fried yucca. This recipe makes it soft inside/crusty outside. Perfect. Fried only it's too hard inside.

        Reply
      • Jorge

        September 13, 2016 at 12:03 pm

        5 stars
        By the way, when you see the yucca (peeled off), if you see some dark or green lines, avoid it. It's not good. It tastes a little bad, and it's going to have hard spots.

        Reply
    12. Javier

      August 22, 2016 at 11:39 am

      5 stars
      Awesome! Just a import tip you should really avoid vegetable oil. Vegetable oils are Loaded With Trans Fats. These fats are highly toxic and are associated with an increased risk of various diseases, like heart disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity. Our family uses lard or avocado oil.

      Reply
    13. Dollye Schroyer

      February 09, 2017 at 6:19 pm

      5 stars
      What is yucca. I know it as a plant we use in landscaping and gets a white flowers. I never knew you ate it.

      Reply
      • Mike

        December 21, 2017 at 9:28 pm

        5 stars
        Common misspelling, but it's Yuca, not Yucca.
        Yuca is the same as tapioca, manioc, mandioca, cassava... it goes by a lot of different names.

        Yucca, on the other hand, is that plant with the spikey leaves and white flowers often used in landscaping. It's not edible.

        Reply
    14. Deb

      February 09, 2019 at 4:54 am

      5 stars
      I have been growing it and selling the plants in tropical north Australia. I have the yellow variety which is absolutey delicious.

      Reply

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