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Recipe Jamaican Fried Cassava

Jamaican Fried Cassava

  • Difficulty Level: 1
  • Serves Serves: 6
  • Preparation

    10mins

  • Cooking

    35mins

Vegetarian Fusion Vegetable Appetizer Less Than 60 mins Easy Recipes

What You Will Need

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs. cassava or yucca root
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 2 Tbsp. sugar
  • grapeseed oil, for frying

Seasoning

  • sea salt to taste

Sauce Mix

  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 Tbsp. lemon juice
  • 3 Tbsp. chopped parsley
  • ½ tsp. Lee Kum Kee Soy Sauce Premium

Made with
Lee Kum Kee products

Soy Sauce Premium 150ML

Soy Sauce

Soy Sauce Premium

How to make it

  1. Make the garlic soy aioli by adding all the sauce ingredients from garlic cloves  to chopped parsley in  a bowl and whisk together well until smooth. 

    Recipe Jamaican Fried Cassava_Step 1

  2. Cut up the cassava into sticks or wedges, removing all the skin, then rinse and place in a pot with salt, sugar and fill halfway with water. Bring pot to a boil and cook until the cassava is tender then drain the water, about 20-30 minutes. When they are tender, take out, let cool and dry before frying. 

    Recipe Jamaican Fried Cassava_Step 2

  3. Heat grapeseed oil in a large deep pan. When hot, begin to fry the cassava pieces a few at a time. Fry for 3-5 minutes until golden brown and crispy. 
  4. Swirl the Lee Kum Kee Soy Sauce Premium on the top of the aioli. 
  5. When cassava fries are finished frying, take out and immediately season with sea salt then let cool. Serve right away.