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If there’s one thing that Puerto Ricans do best, it’s fritters! Learn how to make these alcapurrias at home. The dough (masa) is filled with flavorful homemade picadillo (the meat filling), and the assembly plus frying process are easy!
Alcapurria is a well-known Puerto Rican snack filled with meat, usually beef with tomato sauce, then fried. It is also one of the tastiest appetizer staples of Puerto Rican cuisine. This dish is typically made with green bananas and taro root, which serves as the exterior of the alcapurria.
Alcapurrias are one of the most popular fritters in Puerto Rico! You can find them on the street, in restaurants and made at home. They are crunchy on the outside with a creamy interior and a tasty beef filling. The dough or masa and beef filling (picadillo) are super easy to make. I will show you how with easy step by step photos!
I'm a lifelong fan of alcapurrias, Puerto Rican fried yautia and green banana masa fritters stuffed with garlicky beef picadillo and olives.
In a frying pan brown the meat. Once browned add all the remaining ingredients and stir well then cook at medium heat for 15 minutes. Taste the meat for seasoning, add more salt if needed to taste. Heat 2 cups of vegetable oil to 375 degrees. Take a large piece of aluminum paper and place a little oil on top and smear it around.
These scrumptious fritters are usually made with a batter of taro (yautía) and green bananas (guineos verdes), and are stuffed with either a meat (pino) filling or with crab, shrimp or lobster.
Alcapurrias are a Puerto Rican fritter made with masa (dough) of yautía (a root vegetable) and green bananas and filled with savory meat. They are the perfect comfort food treat and much easier to make than you think!
Enjoy a healthier version of Alcapurrias – Baked Alcapurrias. Traditionally, alcapurrias are fritters that consist of a dough made with yautías (taro root), green plantains or green bananas and filled with a well-seasoned ground beef meat mixture known as “picadillo.”
These Puerto Rican Alcapurrias make the perfect appetizer or snack! They're made from green plantains and green bananas, stuffed with Puerto Rican style picadillo then deep fried! They have a crispy exterior and a flavorful ground beef stuffing on the inside.
These tasty snacks are often sold in hundreds of roadside kiosks, where locals turn them out filled with with beef, stewed crab or salted cod. In this version, our Puerto Rican alcapurrias ingredients bring together all the classic flavors of green olives, plantains and stewed beef.