Rotisserie Chicken With Fried Yucca Root French Fries Recipes

YUCA FRENCH FRIES

Steps:

• Place the yuca into a large pot, and add water to cover. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the yuca can be pierced easily with a fork, 20 to 30 minutes. Drain, and allow to steam for several minutes until cool enough to handle. Cut the yuca into french fry-sized sticks, discarding the fibrous core.
• Heat oil in deep-fryer to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Fry the yuca in batches until golden brown and crispy, about 5 minutes per batch. Remove with a slotted spoon, and drain in a paper towel-lined bowl. Toss with salt to taste, and serve hot.

ROTISSERIE CHICKEN, WITH FRIED YUCCA ROOT

Steps:

• Rotisserie Chicken:
• Rinse the chicken very well, and cut off all the fat. Tuck the wings under the back of the chicken.
• Make a paste by mixing the garlic, huacatay, pepper, salt, aji, cumin, lemon or lime juice and achiote. Spread paste on the chicken and rub well from outside to inside. Let stand in the refrigerator for 2 hours or more, for a good flavor.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Put the chicken in the roasting pan with lid. Cook, covered, for 1 1/2 hours or until it is golden brown.
• Yucca Root:
• After you have peeled and boiled the yucca. Cut it into a French fry shape. In a deep pot or a deep-fryer heat oil to 350 degrees F. Fry the yucca in batches, if necessary, until golden brown and crispy. Sprinkle with salt to taste.
• Aji sauce:
• Mix cream of aji, olive oil, green onions, and lime juice in a medium bowl.
• Cheese sauce:
• Blend queso fresco, red onion, oil, milk, turmeric mixture, chile, salt and pepper, and lemon juice in a blender until it becomes creamy.
• Put the whole chicken on a plate with the fried yucca root around, and the 2 sauces on the side for dipping. This is the way my kids started to eat the chicken I make, and thank you God, no more chicken fingers.

FRIED YUCCA

Steps:

• Method:
• Slice yucca paper-thin, sprinkle with salt. Heat oil to near-smoking 360 to 375 degrees F. Drop yucca chips into oil. Fry until they float to top, and are golden and crispy. Drain on paper towels. Sprinkle with salt to taste.

YUCCA FRIES & ROAST GARLIC AIOLI

Steps:

• Cut of both ends of cassava and then cut them in 2 or 3 depending on the length of the Yucca
• Make a shallow cut into the skin of the cassava and gradually work your knife under the layer of the cassava to remove the skin.
• Cut them into desired shapes, rinse cassava and place in a pot with salt, sugar and water, just enough to barely engulf the cassava.
• Bring to a boil and cook on medium heat until fork tender. Do not overcook the cassava. Drain the water from the cooked cassava.
• Line a baking sheet with foil or parchment paper and place the cassava in a single layer.
• Sprinkle with garlic and parsley and coat the cassava with cooking spray or oil
• Bake in a 425-degree oven for minutes for 20 minutes or until slightly brown, turning once