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| Region or state | Latin America |
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| Main ingredients | Potatoes,beef,onions,olives,hard boiled eggs,cumin,spices |
Papas rellenas (English: stuffed potatoes) are a popular type ofcroquettes in Latin American regions such asPeru,Ecuador,Bolivia,Mexico,Chile,Colombia, and theCaribbean (more so in Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic).[1][2][3]
The dish is a potato-based dough into which a filling made of choppedbeef andonions, whole olives, hard-boiled eggs, cumin and other herbs and spices is stuffed. Once prepared, the obloid mass is dredged in flour and deep-fried.Potato flour is often added to give greater consistency to the dough. In Peru, the dish is usually accompanied with a "salsa criolla", or anají sauce.[4]
They consist ofmashed potatoes stuffed with seasoned ground meat[5] and variousspices, and thendeep-fried. The dish varies in preparation and presentation between countries. Papa rellena is a local favorite in heavily Cuban-populated American cities such asMiami andTampa,[6] in which theCuban version consists of spherical potato balls stuffed with Cubanpicadillo.[7]
This dish is also extensively consumed inPuerto Rico, where it is called "relleno de papa". In Puerto Rico the potatoes are boiled and then mashed with cornstarch and seasoned. Papas rellenas are stuffed with cheese,picadillo, or choice of meat. The papas rellenas are then coated withegg wash, and rolled into cornmeal orbread crumbs before frying.
Papa rellena was featured on theBolivian episode ofNetflix TV seriesStreet Food in season 2.[8]
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