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[Recipe + Video] Pan de Yuca (Easy Yuca Bread)

Inspired by the traditional Dominican yuca bread recipe, these are easier to make, more attractive, and great to serve as picadera (party food).

Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
1 hr
Servings: 12 (aprox)
Calories: 313 kcal
Course: Lunch
Cuisine: Dominican

Ingredients

  • 1½ pound yuca (cassava) [0.7 kg] (cassava), peeled and washed
  • 1 cup chicken broth unsalted
  • 3 tablespoons salted butter
  • 1 tablespoon aniseed
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 pound pork cracklings (chicharrones)
  • vegetable oil to rub on your hands and grease baking tray

Instructions

1. Grating yuca
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  1. Grate using the least coarse side of the grater, or using the grater attachment of your food processor (which I did).Place the grated cassava on a clean cotton cloth and squeeze as much liquid as you can. Catch the liquid into another container. When you have finished straining the cassava, measure the amount of liquid that you extracted
2. Measuring broth
  1. Measure that same amount of chicken broth (I used 1 cup of broth, the amount may vary depending on the cassava you use). You may discard the liquid extracted from the cassava.
3. Mixing dough
  1. Add the cracklings to the cassava mixture and mix well.Mix broth, with salt to taste. Add butter and aniseed. Combine with the yuca and mix well.
4. Cooking dough
  1. Place the mixture in a large non-stick pan and heat over low heat. Cook stirring constantly, turning the mixture at the bottom until it turns into a darker, more translucent color (see the picture of mixture halfway through the process). Once it is completely cooked, and is sticky and translucent, remove it from the heat and place it into another container (to stop the cooking process). Let it cool down to room temperature.
5. Making the buns
  1. Rub oil on your hands and place ¼ cup of mixture on your hand. Form balls with it and place it on an oiled baking tray or silpat.
6. Baking
  1. Bake in preheated oven to 400 ºF [200ºC] until the top turns a light golden color (15-20 minutes).Remove from the heat, serve warm.

Notes

  • While the bread "rises" a bit in the oven, there is no real leavening, just the heated gas (steam) trapped inside pushing out. The result is a more attractive, lighter "bread" than the traditional.

Nutrition Information

Calories 313kcal (16%) Carbohydrates 22g (7%) Protein 4g (8%) Fat 23g (35%) Saturated Fat 9g (45%) Cholesterol 35mg (12%) Sodium 310mg (13%) Potassium 239mg (7%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 1g (2%) Vitamin A 95IU (2%) Vitamin C 13.2mg (15%) Calcium 13mg (1%) Iron 0.4mg (2%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 12(aprox)

Amount Per Serving

Calories 313

% Daily Value*

Calories 313kcal 16%
Carbohydrates 22g 7%
Protein 4g 8%
Fat 23g 35%
Saturated Fat 9g 45%
Cholesterol 35mg 12%
Sodium 310mg 13%
Potassium 239mg 5%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 1g 2%
Vitamin A 95IU 2%
Vitamin C 13.2mg 15%
Calcium 13mg 1%
Iron 0.4mg 2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.