Alcapurrias Recipe

Alcapurrias are delicious and they are made out of green bananas and yautia, You can make them small or a little bigger if you like I do them medium size with lots of beef, You can make them for a holiday or a party or just to eat on a daily basis if you like. I make enough and I freeze them, so when I want to eat some they are ready to be deep fried. Hope you all enjoy this recipe i know I do, Please Leave Comments If You Make This Recipe And How You Like it...


ingredients:

5 green bananas (quineos verdes)
1 lb. taro root (yautía)
2 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 small envelope sazón with annatto (achiote) coloring

 vegetable cooking oil for deep frying
olives as much as you want chopped

The Filling:
1/2 lb. chopped meat (any of your choice of meat)
1 tbsp. Sofrito
8 oz. tomato sauce
 salt or Adobo season to your taste
1 small envelope Sazón chopped olives
1 tsp.of capers
1 medium garlic clove chopped


Instructions:

Thoroughly wash the yautías then peel. Peel the green bananas and wash with salted water. Grate the bananas and yautías then add the salt, oil and sazón. Mix well and set aside In a deep pot, fry your ground meat until all red is gone. Drain most of the grease and add the garlic, ham, oregano, vinegar salt, olives, capers, sazón, sofrito and tomato sauce. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to low and cover the pot. Cook covered for 15 minutes. Uncover and cook another 15 minutes, stirring ocassionally. On the palm of your hand spread about 1 1/2 tablespoons of the mixture and make a shallow well. (You may also use wax paper) Spread 1 1/2 teaspoons of the filling mixture and cover the filling (meat) with the banana mixture all around. (At this time of the recipe, you can fry the alcapurria or store in the freezer for later use.) In a deep fryer or deep frying pan, heat lots of vegetable oil to cover the alcapurrias. Fry until slightly crispy and Brown. Drain the alcapurrias on a paper towel and let them cool off.  WARNING: Very Hot DO NOT TRY AND EAT THE ALCAPURRIA IMMEDIATELY.Will Be Very Hot...

Tips.....EAT WITH HOT SAUCE....