Oven-Fried Yucca
Definitely Not Yucky! Oven-Fried Yucca Now if you’re looking for something out of the ordinary for tempting your taste buds, try yucca
Ingredients
- 1 pound fresh yucca (cassava), cut into 3-inch sections and peeled (or 1 pound peeled frozen yucca)
- Nonstick cooking oil spray
Directions
- In a kettle, combine the yucca with enough cold water to cover it by 1 inch. Bring the water to a boil, and slowly simmer the yucca for 20 to 30 minutes, or until it is tender.
- Preheat oven to 350° F.
- Transfer the yucca with a slotted spoon to a cutting board, let it cool, and cut it lengthwise into 3/4-inch-wide wedges, discarding the thin woody core.
- Spray cookie sheet with the nonstick cooking oil spray. Spread yucca wedges on cookie sheet, and spray wedges with cooking oil spray. Cover with foil paper and bake for 8 minutes. Uncover and return to oven to bake for an additional 7 minutes.
Yield: 6 servings--Serving size: 1 piece (2 1/2 inches long)
Each serving provides:
- Calories: 91
- Total fat: Less than 1 g
- Saturated fat: Less than 1 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
- Sodium: 3 mg
- Calcium: 66 mg
- Iron: 3 mg