Yuca Fries or Cassava Fries [Recipe + Video] Yuca Frita

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 pound yuca (cassava)

  (yuca), peeled
• 1 teaspoon salt

  (plus coarse salt to sprinkle later)
• 3 cups oil for frying

  (peanut, or corn or canola oil)

Instructions

• 1 Cut the yuca into French-fries-sized sticks.
• 2 Place the yuca in a large bowl, and pour enough water to cover it (about 1½
  quarts of water [1.5 liters]). Add the 2 teaspoons of salt. Stir to dissolve the
  salt, and let it rest for half an hour. 
  
  Drain the water. Pat the yuca dry with a paper towel.
• 3 To fry the yuca, heat the oil over medium-high heat in a small pan or saucepan
  (so there's enough oil to deep-fry the yuca). Fry the yuca sticks in small
  batches until they turn golden brown (be careful with splatters). 
  
  Rest on a paper towel to absorb excess oil.
• 4 Sprinkle with salt, and serve right away.

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