Recipe
Yuca con Mojo
Boiled yuca, very tender, bathed in criollo mojo of garlic, hot oil, and sour orange. The quintessential Cuban side dish.
- Preparation10 min
- Cooking30 min
- Total time40 min
- Servings6 servings
- DifficultyEasy
Yuca con mojo is one of the most traditional dishes in Cuban cuisine. It serves mainly as a side dish for roasted meats, although it is so delicious that it might not need anything else, and many people like to eat it as an appetizer.
Ingredients
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Method
- Peel the yuca and cut it into pieces.
CiberCuba - Heat the water in a pot in advance and put the yuca to boil.
- After about 10 minutes of boiling, discard the water and add cold water. Repeat the process until the yuca begins to soften.
- Add the salt and let it finish softening.
CiberCuba - In a frying pan, heat the oil well.
- Add the crushed garlic and the juice of the sour orange or lemon.
CiberCuba - Drizzle the yuca with the hot mojo and serve.
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