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Cuban Stuffed Potato Balls Recipe

Cuban Stuffed Potato Balls

Cuban Stuffed Potato Balls Recipe

Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Cuisine American
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Onion
  • 1 Bell Pepper
  • 400 gm Ground Beef
  • ½  Jalapeno Pepper
  • 1 ½  tsp  Ground Cumin
  • ½  tsp  Salt & Pepper
  • 6 tbsp Tomato Sauce
  • 5 Potatoes
  • 2 Eggs
  • ½  cup All Purpose Flour
  • 1 cup Bread Crumbs

Instructions
 

  • Boil potatoes in salted water until fork tender, Peel the skin and mash them well with a few tbsp of milk at a time until very smooth and fluffy (it shouldn't be too sticky so be careful with the milk). Be sure to add enough salt to the mashed potato.
  • In a saucepan, saute onion and peppers for a few minutes until soft.
  • In a saucepan, sautee onion and peppers for a few minutes until soft.
  • Add in the spices and stir for a minute.
  • Next, pour in the tomato sauce and let simmer for five minutes. The meat filling won't have too much sauce because the liquid will make it difficult to stuff the potato balls.
  • To make the potato balls, take about two ounces of mashed potatoes and flatten it in the palm of your hand in a disk
  • Now take about a teaspoon of meat filling and place in the center of the flattened potato disk. Make sure you don't add too much filling because we need to wrap the filling inside the potato,
  • Slowly take the edges of the potato and pull them over the filling and smooth it into a ball. If your filling is not covered, just take a little bit of mashed potato and glue it onto the filling.
  • Now take each ball, dredge it in flour, dip it in egg and finally coat it generously in bread crumbs.
  • Once all the balls are coated, chill in the fridge for at least an hour to ensure they don't fall apart while frying. (You can also prep them a day in advance up to this point).
  • Once ready, deep fry them until golden brown.

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