How To Air Fry Yucca

Check and cook until yuca fries are golden brown a bit crispy and soft on the inside.

How to air fry yucca. Slice the yuca into your desired fry shape. You may find that you need to make the fries in two batches. Use a mandolin to cut thin evenly sized tapioca slices. Drain and allow to steam for several minutes until cool enough to handle. 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. Drain well remove the hard fibrous stems in the center of the cooked pieces. Fry the yuca in batches until golden brown and crispy about 5 minutes per batch. Set the dried yuca aside and allow to cool. Don t overcrowd the fryer as you want the fries to have room to cook evenly.

Place the cooked yuca in a bowl and toss olive oil salt and pepper to taste. Then soak them in cold water for about 15 minutes. 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. Heat oil in deep fryer to 375 degrees f 190 degrees c.

Transfer the yuca into a dry bowl add oil salt and pepper and the remaining seasonings. Place yuca in basket of air fryer and place basket with yuca into air fryer. If you prefer larger fries cut the yuca longer and thinner. Allow the fries to air dry then add them to a cast iron pan with 2 tablespoons of oil. Mix oil and seasoning in a bowl.

Once you ve used a strainer to remove the water pat the yuca dry. Cut the yuca into french fry sized sticks discarding the fibrous core. Serve immediately with salt and pepper to taste. Drain and dry thoroughly. If you prefer thicker fries cut the yuca into wider wedges.