You are right about pronunciation. Yuca (with one "c") is pronounced "you-ka" and it is what they cooked here. Yucca (with 2 "c") is pronounced "yuh-ka" and it is an ornamental plant that is not related to the edible one. Yuca is known as Manihot esculenta (that's its scientific name) and yucca is actually a group of several species know by the scientific names Yucca gigantea, Y. filifera and others.
Yucca Cuban style: boil them just like she did, in a separate pot get vegetable or corn oil hot then pour it over a container with sliced onion, garlic, salt and vinegar (and or lime). That is the absolute greatest and most classic condiment for boiled or even fried yucca.
Thanks for this! I grow Cassava, but didn't really know how to use it in recipes. Fried looks delicious! Actually it makes a nice ornamental plant in the landscape. The slightest breeze causes the leaves to flutter. Also, visitors to my place frequently ask "What is that plant ?" Good conversation starter.
The lady doesn't know how to peel yuca. And you don't need to halve or devein before cooking. Just cut the yuca into large chunks, peel the easy and safe way, and boil the chunks with salt to taste. The chunks will separate into halves on their own when cooked. When it's cool enough to touch, devein if necessary (oftentimes the vein or core falls away during cooking). Also, there's no need for deep frying. I fry yuca with a little oil, and lots of white onion cut into thick slices, until the yuca is crispy and golden. The onion gives it a delicious flavor, and you can serve the yuca with the onions if you like.
Here in Ontario Canada we have quite a few Paraguayans. We would all get together to have a feast and this was one of my favourites! So yum and much better than French fries!
My favorite thing ❤❤❤ I use a garlic mojito (oil garlic vinegar salt) is so good. Sauté Garlic and onion together with oil makes a great pairing condiment
As a latin american woman I have to say that no salt is added to the yuca until it is soft. When it boils enough and softens, add the salt. If you add it before it does not soften enough later.
peeling it is way easier than she shows and it is easier to take the center after it is boiled, marinate the cooked cassava in crushed garlic, lemon or lime juice and salt for 5 mins before frying.
Peeling is easier if you cut a line vertically down just the hard peel,not the yuca, then the same way but horizontally every few inches. Just by scoring the peel you can put your pairing knife (or your thumb) between the hard peel and the yuca and separate them easily. Then just boil them in quarters and take the woody center off after boiling.
I’ve made fried Yuca with FROZEN Yuca many times and it turns out WONDERFULLY!! Very economical from the local Asian/Hispanic Farmer’s Market. Saves the peeling frustration…all you do is boil from frozen for about 25-30 minutes in salted water (I like to add sliced garlic, or garlic cloves, too), then drain/dry as shown. The center vein is MUCH easier to remove at this point, as OP stated! I DOUBLE FRY (first at 350 deg F for 4 min or so, then at 375 for a couple minutes) in peanut oil, to make them EXTRA CRISPY. TRY IT!!!
ATK, HELLO,I FIRST HAD THIS DAILY as an after noon snack SCUBA BIVE WEEK,,IN FIJI, I surely liked it, than started it at home, my wife loved them too,THANKS ELLIE, 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
How do I asked for Yucca to be cooked throughly? My local peruvian Restaurant that serves this sometimes gives us yucca that's dry, tough and hand hard in the middle. It's also white. Then on other occasions its beautifully soft and golden in color in the middle making it super yummy. Idk what to do help!
Did she say it's from south America, its actually starts from southern Mexico to the Caribbean this the state of yucatan, the name derives from yuca,like the chia seeds,Chiapas
It is all over South America. just because you named a place after it, it doesn’t mean the rest of the world doesn’t have or that it is called yuca there. Just an example, it was and it is the main staple of the Brazilian indigenous people going back thousands of years!
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@@adedow1333 Yuca's scientific name is Manihot esculenta. Yucca (with two 'c's) is genus of plants which is unrelated to yuca. More info on the 'Cassava' and 'Yucca' pages on wikipedia
@@adedow1333 Make sure to boil it first, it will make you sick otherwise. They should have mentioned that to the people that have never prepared yucca before!
Elle looks absolutely amazing. I am curious how she has lost so much weight ❤️. Kudo's to her since it is hard enough as it is but being a chef for ATK to boot!? Love her presentations.
Believe they got her an other important staff a Personal Trainer/nutritious? I personally sent them a message in concern, about some staffs weight/health. Guess it worked.💙💚💛💜 Not bragging, just stating what could be. 💙💚💛💜
@@Pt0wN973b0iI Lol okay, I'm confused. I looked up what @Sandra said and it seems right so how does what you say you did in 2021 have anything to do with Elle?
Yuca contains naturally occurring cyanide that can cause paralysis and death. This should be addressed, as well as all the steps required to prepare it safely. This gross negligence is so disturbing.
Probably also because the ones sold here in the US are the sweeter kind. Cooking must remove the CN. Eating raw yuca is not a pleasant endeavor so I am sure most people won't try it...hopefully.
There are two types or varieties. the sweet one does not require any steps or preparation. The bitter one is not sold in supermarkets and it's usually used just for cassava cake.
@@pujols1094 Perhaps that is true for wherever you happen to live. The sweet one does require its own safety steps. Everyone should be aware and do their own research. I'd want to know.
So I hate to rain on everyone's parade and maybe it's because of where I live but where does one even buy yuca it's certainly not in any of my grocery stores which tells you where I live that there is a food shortage or a fresh food shortage I love cooking with ATK but I'm kind of angry that ATK always assumes that I am someone that makes more than the average income in the US and lives in a great place I don't but I want to cook well so help me be a part of your program but not feel excluded
Why not have a Hispanic presenter when covering Hispanics foods. I guess keep appreciating our culture and not supporting our people. Orgullo Latino ✊🏽
Hispanic Food?? Don’t you know like 60 percent of most Hispanic dishes derived from Africa, especially Yucca. Every culture has a different name for the same dishes.. people of color anyway I can’t speak for European descendants.
Boiled yucca (you-ka) with bacon, pork, chorizos, sausages, onions & lots of garlic is awesome! Always make extra to make fried next day!!
You are right about pronunciation. Yuca (with one "c") is pronounced "you-ka" and it is what they cooked here. Yucca (with 2 "c") is pronounced "yuh-ka" and it is an ornamental plant that is not related to the edible one. Yuca is known as Manihot esculenta (that's its scientific name) and yucca is actually a group of several species know by the scientific names Yucca gigantea, Y. filifera and others.
Fresh yuca is amazing immediately after cooking, leftover yuca is never the same reheating though so we always fry it and it is wonderful.
First had yucca at a Peruvian chicken shop. Rice and beans and yucca and roast chicken with lots of different sauces. So good. Take me back.
Sounds like Alpaca in NC! Yum!
Yucca Cuban style: boil them just like she did, in a separate pot get vegetable or corn oil hot then pour it over a container with sliced onion, garlic, salt and vinegar (and or lime). That is the absolute greatest and most classic condiment for boiled or even fried yucca.
¡Yuca al mojo! 😋
Thank you, this was exactly what I was looking for!
We, Puerto Ricans, do the same, but we call it «Yuca en escabeche». Delicious! 😋🤤
The silent enjoyment at end got me
I'm Cuban so we eat it with mojo (olive oil and garlic) just dip and eat. These are sooo much crunchier than French fries.
I'll have to give Yuca a try , looks tasty !!!
Thank you, never heard of this yuca before in my life. Now I have to find this at my local Mexican market
Make sure to boil it first, it will make you sick otherwise. They should have mentioned that to the people that have never prepared yucca before!
They are also good just boiled with butter or replace them in shepherds pie instead of potatoes
good to ferment for 3 days too.
Thanks for this! I grow Cassava, but didn't really know how to use it in recipes. Fried looks delicious! Actually it makes a nice ornamental plant in the landscape. The slightest breeze causes the leaves to flutter. Also, visitors to my place frequently ask "What is that plant ?" Good conversation starter.
You can also make cassava cake!
Careful it’s poisonous before cooking. The leaves, sap and stalk are very poisonous if I’m not mistaken.
Make sure to boil it first, it will make you sick otherwise. They should have mentioned that to the people that have never prepared yucca before!
@@RandomNPC001 there are two types or varieties. The sweet one, which is the one that they are using, does not need to be boiled before eating it.
@@pujols1094 I know that, but how many people do you think will be able to identify the different types?! Better safe than sorry, right?!
I wait until i have done the initial boil then pull the woody strands pull out easily. Keeps a little more of the yucca.
The lady doesn't know how to peel yuca. And you don't need to halve or devein before cooking. Just cut the yuca into large chunks, peel the easy and safe way, and boil the chunks with salt to taste. The chunks will separate into halves on their own when cooked. When it's cool enough to touch, devein if necessary (oftentimes the vein or core falls away during cooking). Also, there's no need for deep frying. I fry yuca with a little oil, and lots of white onion cut into thick slices, until the yuca is crispy and golden. The onion gives it a delicious flavor, and you can serve the yuca with the onions if you like.
Here in Ontario Canada we have quite a few Paraguayans. We would all get together to have a feast and this was one of my favourites! So yum and much better than French fries!
Have to try tostones de yuca.
A Brazilian classic 😍❤️🇧🇷
if you serve the fry yucca it with a pork "chicharron "(pork belly deep fried) and pickle cabbage
it is heaven!!
Thank you for the yuca video. I'd never heard of it. I'm glad to know something about it.
Make sure to boil it first, it will make you sick otherwise. They should have mentioned that to the people that have never prepared yucca before!
@@RandomNPC001 Thank you for telling me it needs to be boiled to prevent illness. Yes, that would have been an important thing to tell viewers.
@@catblue6393 👍
My favorite thing ❤❤❤ I use a garlic mojito (oil garlic vinegar salt) is so good. Sauté Garlic and onion together with oil makes a great pairing condiment
As a latin american woman I have to say that no salt is added to the yuca until it is soft. When it boils enough and softens, add the salt. If you add it before it does not soften enough later.
Oh cool!
You're right! My grandma always said so
peeling it is way easier than she shows and it is easier to take the center after it is boiled, marinate the cooked cassava in crushed garlic, lemon or lime juice and salt for 5 mins before frying.
@@TitiGladys2 the centre fibre pulls out easily when cooked no need to scoop.
Peeling is easier if you cut a line vertically down just the hard peel,not the yuca, then the same way but horizontally every few inches. Just by scoring the peel you can put your pairing knife (or your thumb) between the hard peel and the yuca and separate them easily. Then just boil them in quarters and take the woody center off after boiling.
This is all great to know! Thanks!
I’ve made fried Yuca with FROZEN Yuca many times and it turns out WONDERFULLY!! Very economical from the local Asian/Hispanic Farmer’s Market. Saves the peeling frustration…all you do is boil from frozen for about 25-30 minutes in salted water (I like to add sliced garlic, or garlic cloves, too), then drain/dry as shown. The center vein is MUCH easier to remove at this point, as OP stated! I DOUBLE FRY (first at 350 deg F for 4 min or so, then at 375 for a couple minutes) in peanut oil, to make them EXTRA CRISPY. TRY IT!!!
@@asaldanapr Yankees 😂
Make sure to boil it first, it will make you sick otherwise. They should have mentioned that to the people that have never prepared yucca before!
I love this recipe. Thank you so much. 🇬🇧❤️❤️
Yay Elle!!!
ATK, HELLO,I FIRST HAD THIS DAILY as an after noon snack SCUBA BIVE WEEK,,IN FIJI, I surely liked it, than started it at home, my wife loved them too,THANKS ELLIE, 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Way way easier to buy frozen. Nobody will be able to tell after frying and salting. Fluffy crunchy and so satisfying.
LIAR! THERE'S A BIG TASTE DIFFERENCE! FRESH IS SUPERIOR! MR. CLUELESS YOU=😳😳
So delicious!
Incredible in stews.
How do I asked for Yucca to be cooked throughly? My local peruvian Restaurant that serves this sometimes gives us yucca that's dry, tough and hand hard in the middle. It's also white.
Then on other occasions its beautifully soft and golden in color in the middle making it super yummy.
Idk what to do help!
I love bridget
Best fries i ever ate were Yucca fries at a Bob Marley restaurant in florida. 👌🏻
Bridget and Elle have such great chemistry. I’d watch a series with Elle as the host. Charm off the charts.
I agree! This was such a treat to watch and I can watch a dozen episodes in a row of these two.
Try adding a lime juice and 5 whole cloves!.. to the water
Could the Yucca be done in the air fryer??
Almost certainly
Absolutely
Yes, boil then air fry.
Make sure to boil it first, it will make you sick otherwise. They should have mentioned that to the people that have never prepared yucca before!
Yumm yum!
Did she say it's from south America, its actually starts from southern Mexico to the Caribbean this the state of yucatan, the name derives from yuca,like the chia seeds,Chiapas
Meant thus the name yucatan,
It is all over South America. just because you named a place after it, it doesn’t mean the rest of the world doesn’t have or that it is called yuca there. Just an example, it was and it is the main staple of the Brazilian indigenous people going back thousands of years!
If you take the heart after you boil it, it is so much easier!
Man I'm always down for fried starches
ive never peeled a cassava like how she did. just slice the skin end to end and peel it by hand after.
Yuca is best served al ajillo/al mojo. Pasteles are a close #2.
Wow, she lost so much weight. Look good, and healthy keep it up.
She is an ovarian cancer survivor and it contributed to her weight loss 😢
Fresh yoka 😆
They would taste better with Peruvian Huancaina sauce,. 😊
I love the little shimmy that Elle did when eating it. Us black people will do a little shimmy if anything is bomb.
😋😎
Why not buy frozen peeled yuca ?
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I, buy my Yucca at Walmart from Goya! Goya has this products so ready to do your recipes.
SORRY, YOU'RE WRONG! FRESH YUCCA IS WAY BETTER!
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Fried Yucca
Yummy yuca and dressed just the way I like to enjoy them.
😋😋😋♥️♥️♥️ it with a hot spicy cilantro ,garlic ,mint and green hot chilies chutney. And also ♥️♥️♥️ watching you my favorites Gorgeous Ladies you make my day everytime i watch your cooking.🙏♥️🇺🇸🦅🇲🇺🦤
I've never heard "yuca" pronounced the way Bridgette does. I've only heard "yoo-ka" not "yuh-ka"
Yeah, I thought maybe she was confusing it with yucca, a totally different plant.
@@OpiceSF sorry, white girl question, but there's a difference? Now I know what I need to research.
@@adedow1333 Yuca's scientific name is Manihot esculenta. Yucca (with two 'c's) is genus of plants which is unrelated to yuca. More info on the 'Cassava' and 'Yucca' pages on wikipedia
@@adedow1333 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassava , en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca
@@adedow1333 Make sure to boil it first, it will make you sick otherwise. They should have mentioned that to the people that have never prepared yucca before!
Abelardo Camp
Elle looks so good without all that excess weight. She must work very hard to keep it off, with all those rich recipes she makes.
She had ovarian cancer
Elle looks absolutely amazing. I am curious how she has lost so much weight ❤️. Kudo's to her since it is hard enough as it is but being a chef for ATK to boot!? Love her presentations.
Believe they got her an other important staff a Personal Trainer/nutritious? I personally sent them a message in concern, about some staffs weight/health.
Guess it worked.💙💚💛💜
Not bragging, just stating what could be. 💙💚💛💜
@@Pt0wN973b0iI Really! When was this?
@@Pt0wN973b0iI Lol okay, I'm confused. I looked up what @Sandra said and it seems right so how does what you say you did in 2021 have anything to do with Elle?
@@Pt0wN973b0iI What? What I'm seeing is someone who is ignoring the obvious holes in their own story🤦♀
@@gingerp1601 No. You are being disrespectful for no reason. An targeting.
taste more better if put some tumeric powder before friying..
Yuca contains naturally occurring cyanide that can cause paralysis and death. This should be addressed, as well as all the steps required to prepare it safely. This gross negligence is so disturbing.
I am Caribbean and eat yucca often and in large quantities. We boil it, fry it and put in in stews. Never had a problem!
Probably also because the ones sold here in the US are the sweeter kind. Cooking must remove the CN. Eating raw yuca is not a pleasant endeavor so I am sure most people won't try it...hopefully.
There are two types or varieties. the sweet one does not require any steps or preparation. The bitter one is not sold in supermarkets and it's usually used just for cassava cake.
@@pujols1094 Perhaps that is true for wherever you happen to live. The sweet one does require its own safety steps. Everyone should be aware and do their own research. I'd want to know.
Made these fries for the first time a couple days ago. It was my first time working with or even tasting yuca. WOW!! I may never go back to potatoes!!
😂🤣🤣 I hope it’s cash
Yucca is deadly toxic when not cooked correctly. Tell people.
she didn't soak them ...
It looks so pale and no spice 🤦🤦🤦
I hope it’s cash lolz
So I hate to rain on everyone's parade and maybe it's because of where I live but where does one even buy yuca it's certainly not in any of my grocery stores which tells you where I live that there is a food shortage or a fresh food shortage I love cooking with ATK but I'm kind of angry that ATK always assumes that I am someone that makes more than the average income in the US and lives in a great place I don't but I want to cook well so help me be a part of your program but not feel excluded
You should learn how to prep yuca before posting a video online about prepping yuca.
Tried it more than once on Panama. Yucka!🤢
Why not have a Hispanic presenter when covering Hispanics foods. I guess keep appreciating our culture and not supporting our people. Orgullo Latino ✊🏽
They cook foods from SO many countries, it would be ridiculous to bring on one chef for each country.
Hispanic Food?? Don’t you know like 60 percent of most Hispanic dishes derived from Africa, especially Yucca. Every culture has a different name for the same dishes.. people of color anyway I can’t speak for European descendants.
@@terrellstreet2439 Don't *you* know that "yucca" and "yuca" are not the same??