Best Yuca Recipe - How to Cook Cassava Root
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- Check out this easy yuca recipe. Yuca is a popular root that makes a nice change from your average potato dish. Me and CG have been cooking up yuca with garlic and onion for years, inspired by our favorite Cuban restaurants in Florida. The combo of yuca, garlic, onion, and cumin will knock your socks off, so check out the video and give this yuca recipe a try.
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Ingredients for this Cuban-Inspired Yuca Recipe
YUCA (about 1 lb.)
1 Lg ONION (diced)
5-10 cloves GARLIC (finely chopped)
OIL for sauteing the onion and garlic
RED PEPPER FLAKES to taste
2-3 Tbsp CUMIN
½ cup OLIVE OIL
juice of 1 LEMON and zest
SALT to taste
CUMIN SEEDS (1 tsp, optional)
…I’ve got lots of yuca, so in the video I’m doubling this recipe
How To Cook Yuca Recipe
Using a sharp knife, cut the yuca into manageable sizes and carefully cut away the outer skin of the yuca root. The skin is inedible and should be discarded.
Place yuca pieces into a pot of water and bring to a boil. Yuca should never be eaten uncooked.
Reduce heat and simmer 15-20 minutes or until yuca root can be pierced easily with a fork. Do not overcook!
Yuca pieces should not be mushy. Drain yuca and cool with water.
Remove fibrous stem from center of root and cut into 1 inch chunks.
Heat oil in a skillet.
Add garlic and onion and let simmer for a several minutes.
Add red pepper flakes, cumin, and salt to taste.
Add yuca.
Mix and allow all to simmer for 5 minutes. Give the yuca an occasional stir. Add a bit of water if needed, but not too much.
Remove from heat and add lemon juice and zest.
And that's it!
Yucca is an excellent substitute for potato. It goes great with any meat entree, and makes a great vegetarian meal when paired with stuffed peppers and a crisp green salad.
Give this yuca recipe a try and let me know what you think, and bon appetit!
And if you wanna try out the stuffed peppers with yuca, check out this jalapeno poppers recipe as well
• Kick Ass Jalapeno Poppers
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--Chef Buck
I just harvested my first yucca tree yesterday and I can not even believe how much there was!!
I gave half of my harvest away because there was no way I’d ever eat it all.
Anyway, very excited mine is boiling right now. My first time
I am Nigerian and I enjoyed watching this video, we use cassava in different ways except this one, so today I tried this method and added some Nigerian spice and fish, oh my God it was unbelievably delicious, this is my new favorite food and I can't wait for my friends to try it out. Thanks Thanks!!!
orimolade ann well done sis
OA,
Did you cook the fish separately? I'm from Kenya and the good thing about this recipe is that you can use whatever spices you want. I think a major part of using this recipe is knowing how long you need to boil the yuca. I just cooked this recipe for the first time today (very early in the morning). So I'll get to taste it during lunch or dinner (depending on when I get time). That's when I'll really know how it works for me. I'm going to be eating the yuca with a beans, peas, potato and beef stew which I cooked separately. Normally, I would eat this stew with ugali, an East African maize meal staple (if you google "ugali" there are numerous links that show you how to cook it). Ugali is a starch that is eaten with all kinds of dishes in Kenya and neighboring countries. If this yuca recipe works I'll be really excited for I'll have an alternate way of eating so many dishes that I cook.
Recipe please 😁
I’m American born Haitian and I never appreciated this vegetable until I became a full blown adult. It sits well and is a great alternative for Rice.. I’m now growing some in my backyard 😊
I love how you don't give an over the top and lengthy intro, or over explain each step as I have seen in other videos. This is awesome! Straight to the point and easy to follow. Thanks!
I'll have to do this! People say when you try something new that you add years to your life! Thanks to you both!
I hope that's true :^)
Cassava is underrated, it’s the most delicious yummiest root crop and u can eat it even if just boiled it ,or substitute for ur rice.
I dont see the appeal noticing you are taking a risk by eating it all the time.
Whats the risk?
@@greg3498 maybe it's about the high calorie content of yuca and some anti nutrient.....it contains good fiber for gut but by processing it lessen the fiber....by heat vit c lessen already .minerals very minimal so its says when I read some nutritional value of yuca.But cooking it different way as vegetable or dessert the taste will be 👍.
Yes,it's so delicious.We boil,fry and make cakes out of cassava in Jamaica.One of my favourite root crops for sure.
better than french fries
I enjoyed your video on yuca or cassava or tapioca as it is called in the South Pacific. I'm from Fiji and it is a staple food consumed daily. It is mostly boiled like you did and eaten with vegetables or meat and fish. It can be cooked in an earth oven, fried as some viewers mentioned, with spices like potato wedges or curried as is done in our Indian community. It can also be grated and cooked then made into a desert with coconut milk or it can be grated and Cooke as porridge with milk added or coconut milk. What we do here is put a stone in a wood fire and when it is re
Can you please add the missing ending to your sentence? And you do consume this daily?
I grew up eating boiling yucca, after removing it from the water it was added nice amount of roasted onion , with either cheese, eggs , salami, jam, cod fish, meat, etc,. Also we peel it very differently; we add salt to the boiling water , so when it is tender does not need more salt.
My husband was making a pasta dish the other day, and he told me he put in a Chef Buck amount of garlic! We love you and CG. Thanks for the videos!
if I make a dish and don't use a whole bulb of garlic, it feels weird :^)
Man after my own heart: lots of onions, garlic and cumin. Why didn't I think of that? Gonna try this next time as well as the suggestion to cook it in coconut milk. Great job!
OMG, when you responded to the "do a little dance" comment with "then I'd have to make a little love and get down tonight...sounds like a lotta work to me", I almost choked on my tea. You are really entertaining!
yeah...I was dating myself there
@@ChefBuckRecipes 🤣
Hahahha ikr
I loved that comment 😂😂
That’s from a song from KC and the sunshine band called get down tonight
Nothing better than the sound of a cold stovetop first starting up. Brings back some good memories.
Well, with all the positive comments, I am definitely going to try yucca. I'll start a simplier dish. Hold the cumin til later. I so appreciate your simplified form of cooking in a modest kitchen. You prove we can prepare, cook, eat in modest surroundings. You are teaching an old dog new tricks. I dont have a CG, but I'll manage. A gal at church just lost lots of weight and recommended yucca, aloe and simple ancient foods she is using. Our forefathers were never fat. I'm looking forward to this new adventure in my old 79 year old body. Again, thanks for your commen sense basic recipes. Looks like fun!
Try to cook with coconut milk. Just boil the cassava and fresh coconut milk and add salt. Very tasty🤗😋😚
I'll try that.
And add some urine from a human female just a little sprinkle .
I'm going to have to do this tonight!
Thx I want to try it but not know how to use
Do I need to boil in water before coconut milk??? Or straight boil in coconut milk?
Cassava we enjoy with slighty salted fresh coconut with "onion sambol", put in the mortar onions 🌰 chilli flakes or fresh/dried whole chillies 🌶 as you wish with salt & lime drops now chop chop chop until it's well blended we also add dried fish 🐟 called "malidifish", this is very famous in Maldives 🇲🇻, check the flavour as u wish ... mmmm... sure you gonna adore it.. "Lunu miris or Katte sambol", we call it in Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 ♥
I just clicked because I wanted to confirm I was pronouncing Yuca correctly. But, I couldn't stop watching video it was so interesting and moved along fast enough for my short attention span. HA!
I am watching this as I am eating some, only boiled in salt water!! But will try your recipe!! This root is sooooo yum!!! And so filling..
I am eating this on the side with pan fried salmon and kale cooked in butter!!! So happy right now!!!
Thank you Buck for showing how to cook yuca/cassava. I bought a root of yuca today for the first time, and will try to see how it goes!
I cooked my first cassava tonight, lovely 🏴
I just bought some today. Thank you for this I will subscribe. Hope everyone having a blessed day and many more!!!💯🥰☺️
I love these! Have you ever tried them being gently boiled in smaller chunks in coconut milk with water, pinch of salt, a little coconut sugar (or ur choice of sweetener)& a bit of cinnamon? These are so versatile. Yummy.
Ooooh, Thanks I'm going to try that!
That sounds delicious thank you
What is it with Americans and sugar. Must you add that toxin to everything in your diet?
It's a lot like a potato, do you add sugar to your potatoes?
Salt, pepper, onions, sautee it with some ham or bacon and top with some scallions! Delish
L Sounds delicious, the way you would cook it! 👍👍
that's not a stem ,hahaha
NO PORK!
Don't eat pork make some bacalao,❤💪
I am going to try this savoury dish - yummy! Over here in Malaysia, we make a sweet cake with coconut milk, sugar, steamed and baked to brown it. During WW2, it was a staple food for the people when food was scarce. Just boiled and eaten.
Dug a huge cassava tuber out of my garden yesterday, and going to try your recipe tonight. First time Ive ever grown cassava. Looking forward to it. Thankyou.
Just cooked casava today.
In Malaysia casava is called tapioca..
Love from Malaysia😍
in my home province antique, philippines we call it patioca. .in other native dialects it is called balinghoy or kamoteng kahoy. .
I used to eat this in Brazil. it's delicious!
So did you quit eating it?
Brings me back to Cuba . Yuca or "cassava" is everywhere down there .
same in florida...tons of restaurants serve it...we live in seattle and no restaurants I know of have it on the menu up here
Chef Buck I'm going to Florida in a week and I'll try and get my hands on some. I've had cassava cake before and it was delicious, so I think I'd enjoy this recipe.
Cheers
Cassava was considered somewhat an unhealthy food by the health department for some time now. Theres a reason its like this. Even though with cooking it makes it "safe" eating trace amounts of cyanide is still going to make a government health organization flinch.
we do eat cassava raw with coconut or with salt lemon juice and powdered pepper in my country sometimes we fry, boil or cooked with coconut juice. With coconut you can use salt or sugar and vanilla essences or with cardamom for good aroma. We use leaves as vegetable and it sticks as fire for cooking
cassava and coconut sounds so tasty!
Absolutely delicious!! 1st time I had it in my life. I always seen this veg in the market I was wondering what to do with it.
Omigosh you guys!!! I went to the food bank today and they had a huge stock of Yuca (what the heck is Yuca???) lol so I got 3 of them, came home, found this channel and I just make this recipe, and used the lemon zest I ALSO got there today, YAY and it is so delish!!! Oh goodness gracious it is so good!! Lots of sauteed garlic, onion and fennel, and the lemon zest and pepper flakes it is totally GOURMET.
*Thank you Chef Buck and CG for this super simple and super delish recipe. And of course...the instructions on prepping the Yuca!!* Liked and subbed!! :D
We make dumpling with it and brown stew pork
Where was this food bank in the usa
Hi, I’m from Brazil and I’ve been eating this since I was a kid. Love your video ❤ I also recommend boiling it and adding some butter, salt and pepper, or, after boiling just deep fry it like french fries , it’s delicious!
Thank you for explaining and demonstrating the best method for removal of the interior stem. Others do not.
Boom, just seen this in a shop in my small town for the first time, I can not wait to try your recipe, Boom,Boom.
Can't wait to try this! I so appreciate the variety of recipes on your channel Chef Buck and Camera Girl!
we love to shop for groceries at international markets, so we're always running into new things to try
Excellent recipe I did as you said, and it is very very delicious. In the first part, it took 25 minutes to cook the Yuca in hot water.
The way he peeled cassava 😀😀😀😀😀😀 lol. It was like sugarcane
never tried it this way Chef. Thanks for sharing. In Malaysia we boil it and eat with coconut sambal !! Yumm
Hi there! i did not know that you can fried it, here in south africa we just peel it and cut into pieces and put into the pot with water and salt and boiled it after cooked we dish,thanks for the receip.God bless you for sharing with us.
In srilankan cooking we boil with peeled butter squash and add fried onions ,garlic ,salt and red Chile flakes and coconut milk. Its yummy 🤤
Yummy👍 Yes Please😋👏🙋 Love Yuca. My Cuban BFF turned me on to it over 30 yrs ago
Blessings!! Will do this tonight with my family.
...peeps this is where tapioca pudding comes from.
Yellow Tapioca are my favorite
Thank you! I fell in love with yuca when I was in Cuba, and had to buy it when I saw it on sale here.
Now I know how to cook it!
The amount of that cumin can kill a whole city with the smell 😲🤭
Cumin can smell/taste really good until someone ruins the mood and mentions something else it smells like *looks at my aunt*
Looks great! And so does your kitchen. I love trying out new root veggies from the grocery and nearly always find a Caribbean recipe for em. Can't wait to try yours soon. Thanks for making your recipe vegan too!
Yucca con mojo is one of my favorite Cuban foods. None of that extra spice, just garlic and salt
Super Duper looking recipe! I'm cooking my first ever cassava root today and it will by your recipe!
You make it very similar to me but I don't add onions and not pepper. I add only garlic, cumin and curry. Also I cut the yuca in "french fries" shape to fry it. And I love how tasty it is with the garlic, cumin and curry (and salt obviously too don't forget salt).
Thanks for the video now I'm hungry. I'm from the island of Tonga and peel n boil til tender pour remaining water out of the pot..pour coconut cream over the Manioke (cassava) bring to boil...done. enjoy it with a nice roast pig, fish etc. or best yet BB-Q teriyaki chicken
I appreciate you sharing this wonderful recipe 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏. I will cook this soon👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
The way I cook it I fry some onion in virgin olive oil until it soften put garlic powder or mashed garlic put some olive a little bit of salt then I pour it all on the casava mix it well if dry you can add more of the virgin olive oil it taste great
Very helpful video - many thanks! I'm off to cook some cassava
Wooow😱😱😱😱!!!! This looks 😋 delicious definitely would try this recipe tomorrow. .. Thank you so much for sharing 👍👍👍👍👍
Great introduction to Yucca and how to prepare them.
I love yuca we make it fried or it's good in soups it's a good in salds like Potato salad we make sweet dish out it to yuca cake is delicious hello from Honduras
DWIGHT MANN DO YOU HAVE A REALLY GOOD RECIPE FOR MUFUNGO ?😘😘😘
Thank you. Love the yucca you prepared that I can even taste and smell it!
I learned of Cassava or Yucca in South America and found it be very healthy root and delicious food. Thanks for sharing!❤
I love it...we usually prepare yuca as we do in this video, but I find plain yuca with a bit of salt and citrus to be wonderful
Yum!❤
Monica T. Curenton : You should have been on a different channel whether there was a raging. " yuca -yucca" discussion among a gang of howling u-tubers. When I first moved to Colombia, I thought 'Yuca ' was just the Spanish pronounciation of 'yucca' until I learned that they are 2 entirely different plants. People in both cultures constantly confuse the two.
Carol Lopez thank you one is the spiked plant and the other is the root. Teach me please
Monica T. Curenton ; the root of yuCCa is used as soap or even shampoo, as my mother did when we were out camping. It takes a really ambitious and determined person to get past those sharp spikes of the Spanish Bayonet variety and get at those roots. I don't think the yuca root can be used to wash hair, do you? Bob Hansler's Channel has some great stuff about YuCCa, how to pick and eat, etc. The flowers, not the root. you'll enjoy it, I know. Meanwhile I love Chef Bucks recipe on Yuca.
It looks delicious, thanks Chef Buck and Camera Girl. I've never had that dish and now want to try it. Best regards.
we used to eat this quite often in Florida...good yuca was plentiful...I don't have a problem finding it, but sometimes it's not so great up here around seattle...it's not such a popular in the northwest, and yuca tends to sit at the grocery store and get old
Before boiling the Yuca take a cleaver, hack open down the middle and remove the stem, the trace amount of cyanide gives the cassava root a stringint flavor if left intact before boiling
What , Cyanide, Doesn't that get rid of worms??
Oh my, yum,yum. That looks so good and I am sure it's tasty as well. My mouth is watering!!
I followed the recipe and it came out good. I will cook it again. I never knew how to cook yuca before. I wonder how to use my programmable pressure cooker next time.
I definitely try that out , looks yummy 😋
This was great! Just got some Cassava cuttings from eBay. Plan to grow them this summer. Gonna try this recipe!
GrowEverything, where do you live, that you can grow yuca?
I love yuca!! I will be cooking this real soon.
I cut it into pieces and peel as you do. Then, I cut into fries, rinse, steam, then salt and oil it and broil it in the toaster oven.
I used to think I could not get cassava at the US. I found out that Amazon sells an organic yuca that comes peeled and it has been a lifesaver!
I guess it depends where in the US because it's sold here in Chester County, PA
Thank you for sharing ^^ I made this and It tasted good to me.
Lamb chops and cassava...Next week God willing. Thanks for the recipes chef
I have never tried it, I've never even seen it in a store, it looks delicious though!
I'm surprised how many places have fresh yuca...sometimes if you can't find it in the fesh produce, you can find yuca already cut and peeled in the frozen foods section (look in the International foods frozen area with the egg rolls and tamales)...I used to always buy frozen yuca when I lived in North Florida, 'cause it was the best price where I shopped
Looks good!!! I’m trying it this weekend. Thanks for sharing!
Cooking and then frying, looks very good as well.
Try making fries with them , Soooooooo Gooood.
love yuca fries!
Chef Buck, and with a spicy peanut sauce on the side.
Very good
@@rickyachin that's sound yummy
Looks yummy, you can make yuca balls and dip in some chutney. Love this recipe😇
I love cassava pone/cake.
I love cassava so much!
nice dish...what kind of fry pan do you use? i see the onion,the garlic do not stick to the pan...i have a non stick pan ,after 5 months to use is not good anymore ,everything stick in the pan.
In Brazil-Portugal, we called it "Mandioca" (Or "Aipim" for a similar root)
The world is really a small place. Your making what we call boil and fry man!! ENJOY from Guyana yummy . We also add tomatoes.
Its my favourite food item... thanks bro...
Easy simple dessert just dip the boiled cassava with fresh grated coconut mixed with brown or white sugar 😋
plain boiled cassava dipped in either butter or brown sugar or both while having black coffee is how my mum used to set the table for an afternoon snack 😊
That lady in the peanut gallery is funny!
Actually a bit annoying but ok.
Yay thank you for the vegetarian/vegan options!
yuca makes a great pairing with meat--kinda like potato--but I also find it to be perfect for a meat-free meal; we used to make this yuca dish quite often and pair it with stuffed jalapenos and a salad...yuca does such a good job of filling you up
a tip is to eat this with barbecue
Mmmmm....think I’m heading over to our local food truck here in St. Augustine to the “African love kitchen”. They serve up som amazing curry dishes w cassava😍
Last time their special was roasted butternut w cassava leaves. I grow my own cassava but I have never eaten the leaves. If anyone can shed any light on this please feel free! N thanks for getting my tummy growling before my first cup of coffee👍
At that stage you can deep fry it until brown. They are delicious fried.
Appreciate the video . But that's not the way to peel it .make a line with knife and peel it off with hand . The way u do , u r removing the nice n tastiest our part of the yuca. Appreciate though ..found this video while searching how can I make an easy breakfast .
Thanks Praveen ,we'll said !
Praveen Sujayakumar
Jean Elvis ABOH hh
Praveen Sujayakumar agree you don't peel them like that, the skin comes out easily with your hand. Also I may add that its best to cut the pieces in half and take the stem off (it comes out easily) before cooking. Also nice to fry when they are soft. Delicious with just a simple onion, garlic tomato sauce seasoned with herbs added once they have been boiled.
@@karimeb4980 Now that sounds very tasty.
In Brazil is known as aipim, macaxeira, mandioca ... a delight!
I’m Congolese .we use yuca or cassava in different ways(fufu , kwanga ,chips, fried...) et also we cook the leaves of cassava in different ways toomixing with beans or cassava leaves alone it taste good 😋u
I prepared it for dinner today and it’s a hit! Thank you.
I bet everybody slept better that night. 😀
Okay,... *nods slowly* .... Okay. I'll try this. I bought some Yuca from a local lady in the market, but had NO idea what to do with it lol. This looks pretty good :)
I dont know what kind of cumin you are using here but the one I know is superstrong and dont need but a pinch or two for that dish. I love cooking and I know cumin.
memo memo YOU ARR RIGHT! CUMMIN IS VERY STRONG.JUST A TINY PINCH AT A TIME.I COULDNT BELIEVE HOW MUCH HE PUT IN! MAYBE. ITS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
@dripping water The odor alone would have knocked me out!
memo memo when I cook and put cumin I only use about 3 or 4 cumin seeds lmao because I know how strong it is idk but I know that yuca didn’t taste good at all with all that cumin 😫😫
@@yesiiii2389 3 to 4 you're a big whimp
Yum looks delicious thank you Sir
Thank you for making this video so easy fun to understand.....I am giving a try to cook this now
You can cook with coconuts milk , brown sugar and pandan leaf .
So yummy 😋
sounds yummy!
Helvie Iskandar
That sounds like it would be a great tasting dessert!
blanche richards we can make yuka cake too .
I have many recipes Yuka .
This wonderful piece of video viewing as I eating right now in my room since I am Vegan like it non grease.
Every Cuban in Miami after reading the title ---> 🤣😂
With coconut oil and slice garlic and salt are good to
beautiful, i love boild cassavas
one of the things I miss from when I lived in the south was the plentiful yuca...I can find yuca up here in the Northwest, but sometimes it's way past it's prime, not as popular up in this part of the country, so sometimes it sits on the shelf for a while
Thanks for right recipe 🙏😊
I like boiled Yuka with only water and salt and eat with vegetables and boiled meat or fish or dried shark in tomato, onion, green chillies, lemon and salt salad. You can even cook with coconut milk and salt only and eat with either fish or meat. Yummy
I love Yuca! Great recipe!
Feel like I can smell that... Delicious 👌