How To Air Fry Yucca

Next drain the yuca batons from the water bowl and boil for 5 minutes.

How to air fry yucca. Boil in water with salt until the yuca can be pierced with a fork. Cook at 380 degrees for 12 15 minutes flipping yuca fries half way through. Place yuca in mixing bowl and coat with oil and salt. Preheat the air fryer if necessary and fry the yuca for no more than 15 minutes on 380. You may find that you need to make the fries in two batches.

Slice the yuca into your desired fry shape. Drain and dry thoroughly. If you prefer thicker fries cut the yuca into wider wedges. Serve immediately with salt and pepper to taste. Transfer the yuca into a dry bowl add oil salt and pepper and the remaining seasonings.

Drain well remove the hard fibrous stems in the center of the cooked pieces. If you prefer larger fries cut the yuca longer and thinner. Place the cooked yuca in a bowl and toss olive oil salt and pepper to taste. Don t crowd the pan each fry should be touching the pan. Mix oil and seasoning in a bowl.

Use a mandolin to cut thin evenly sized tapioca slices. Fry the yuca fries for 2 3 minutes on each side until golden brown. Don t overcrowd the fryer as you want the fries to have room to cook evenly. Once you ve used a strainer to remove the water pat the yuca dry. Then soak them in cold water for about 15 minutes.

Allow the fries to air dry then add them to a cast iron pan with 2 tablespoons of oil. Fry the yuca in batches until golden brown and crispy about 5 minutes per batch. Check and cook until yuca fries are golden brown a bit crispy and soft on the inside. Cut the yuca into french fry sized sticks discarding the fibrous core. Drain and allow to steam for several minutes until cool enough to handle.