Papa Rellena (stuffed Potato- Peruvian Style)
- 1 kg Potatoes
- 200 grams Yucca
- 2 Onions finely chopped
- 2 clove Garlic
- 350 grams Beef chopped or ground
- 2 Tomatoes finely chopped
- 1 Paprika
- 1 as needed Salt
- 1 as needed Black Pepper
- 100 grams Olives chopped
- 3 Eggs - hard boiled
- 1 as needed Flour
- 2 Eggs
- 1 dash Oregano
- 1 as needed Oil for frying
- Boil the potatoes with the yucca, until done.
- While hot peel them and press, using the potato presser.
- Season it with salt and pepper.
- Set it aside until the stuffing is ready!
- In a medium-high heat pan cook the onions and garlic until tender.
- Add the tomatoes.
- When done add the meat previously season with salt, pepper and paprika.
- The meat is going to release its juices, don't let it dry up.
- You want to have a moist stuffing.
- Sprinkle oregano.
- When the meat is cooked add the olive and the hard boil eggs cut in small pieces.
- Mix them all together and you have your stuffing ready.
- Grab some potato to make like a tortilla.
- Use the flour to help you form it in your hand.
- Put one or two spoons of meat in the center and close it carefully with out breaking it.
- In a plate beat the two eggs and put some flour in another plate.
- Pass the potato first rolling it in the flour, then the beaten eggs and again in flour.
- Heat up the oil and when hot fry the potato until brown.
- When ready, pat dry them and serve hot.
- You can serve it with a salsa criolla.
- (You can find the recipe in my profile)
potatoes, grams yucca, onions, clove garlic, ground, tomatoes, paprika, salt, black pepper, olives, eggs, flour, eggs, oregano
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/340145-papa-rellena-stuffed-potato-peruvian-style (may not work)