Pete'S Way To Make Yuca, Columbian Style!!
- Step 1
- 2 pounds of yuca - cut into 3-4 inch sections, skinned, and then cut in half. (NOTE: When purchasing yuca it should be hard and without any visible areas of rot)
- 2 tablespoons of salt (To salt the water)
- Step 2
- 4 Tablespoons of Olive Oil
- 4 cloves of garlic - pressed
- One large Vidalia onion - Chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon of crushed red pepper
- 2 teaspoons of salt
- 14.5 ounces of tomato sauce
- This is a 3 step process to preparing this delicious dish.
- Step 1: Cooking the yuca.
- Step 2: Cooking the sauce.
- Step 3: Combining the yuca & the sauce.
- Step 1
- Prepare yuca by cutting it into 3-4 inch long peices, then with the cut end down use a knife to trim the skin off of the yuca, working your way all around. (Note: the cut yuca should be white and not showing any brown areas. Also, it should have little to no smell.) Once yuca is skinned cut the round section in half.
- Next, place all of the yuca into a 3 quart pot. Cover the yuca with enough water such that the water level is 1 inch higher than the yuca, salt the water (2 tablespoons salt), bring to a boil then cover and let simmer for 30 minutes or until yuca is soft (a knife should be able to pierce yuca with some resistance).
- Step 2
- While the yuca cooks (step 1) prepare the sauce.
- Add olive oil, crushed garlic, chopped onion, and crushed red pepper to a medium sized sauce pan, cook on medium-high until onions are translucent. Add salt and cook for one more minute, then add tomato sauce. Let the sauce simmer (lower temp) for 20 minutes then remove from heat.
- Step 3
- Remove 2 cups (16 ounces) of water from the 3 quart pot containing the yuca (from Step 1). Add the sauce mixture (from Step 2) to the pot (from Step 1) and simmer for an additional 30 minutes. Then serve!!
- Enjoy your delicious meal!!!
sections, salt, olive oil, garlic, red pepper, salt, tomato sauce
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/petes-way-to-make-yuca-columbian-style-50015622 (may not work)