Stuffed Potatoes with Avocado Sauce
Papas Rellenas con Salsa de Aguacate, recipe courtesy Sabrina Soto
Recipe Yield
6 to 8 servings
Cooking time
3 hours 44 minutes
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Ingredients
- 2 cups diced white onion
- 1 small jar of pimento chiles
- 2 cups seeded and finely chopped green pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil for sauteing
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 3 large Roma tomatoes peeled, seeded and chopped
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 cup chopped green olives
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher or coarse sea salt or to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper or to taste
- 4 large potatoes peeled and quartered
- 1 tablespoon warm milk
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher or coarse sea salt
- 2 eggs beaten with 1 tablespoon water
- 1 cup plain bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- vegetable oil for frying
For the avocado sauce:
- 2 ripe Mexican avocados
- Freshly squeezed juice from 4 limes just over 1/2 cup lime juice
- 1 medium bunch of cilantro leaves and upper stems, roughly chopped
- 2 jalapeño chiles seeded
- 3 garlic cloves crushed
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- kosher or coarse sea salt to taste
To Prepare
To make the Cuban picadillo:
- Heat olive oil in in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion, pimento chiles and green pepper and sauté for about 5 minutes, until the onion has softened. Add the garlic and ground beef to the pan, stirring to break up the meat and combine it with the onion and peppers, and cook until the meat has browned, about 5 to 7 minutes. Add the tomatoes, cumin and oregano to the pan, stir to combine and reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer for 12 to 15 minutes to thicken. Stir in the olives and simmer 5 minutes longer. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
To make the papas rellenas:
- Place the quartered potatoes in a large saucepan and add enough water to cover the potatoes. Bring to a boil and cook until the potatoes are soft, then drain. Mash the potatoes with the salt and warm milk, and let cool enough to handle.
- Grab a handful of the mashed potato mixture and form into a little “bowl” in your hand. Fill the “bowl” with some of the Cuban picadillo and cover with more of the mashed potato mixture - forming a ball about the size of a small baseball. Repeat until all the mashed potato mixture is used up.
- Combine the bread crumbs and flour on a plate. In a small bowl, beat the egg with 1 tablespoon of water.
- Dip a ball into the beaten egg and roll to coat, then roll in the flour and bread crumb mixture until lightly covered. Dip the same ball, again, into the egg and roll a second time in the flour and bread crumb mixture to coat thoroughly. Repeat with each ball.
- Refrigerate the balls for about 3 hours.
- Add enough vegetable oil to a heavy skillet to come about halfway up the potato balls and heat over medium-high heat until hot, but not smoking, about 2 to 3 minutes. Carefully place as many balls into the oil as possible without crowding the pan, working in batches if need be. Fry the balls for about 2 minutes or until the submerged half is golden brown, turn the balls and cook another 2 minutes until golden brown. Remove the balls from the pan and set them on a paper-towel-covered plate or wire rack. Serve hot with avocado sauce on the side.
To make the avocado sauce:
- Place the avocado, lime juice, cilantro, jalapeño chiles, garlic cloves, olive oil and cumin and puree until smooth. Season with salt, to taste.
Comments
16comments inStuffed Potatoes with Avocado Sauce
Anonymous
Jan 07
So good! Better than Porto’s potato balls!
Pati Jinich
Jan 07
Love that you enjoyed them, gracias!
Elaine P. Munguia
Nov 15
Sounds delicious
Pati Jinich
Dec 11
🙂
Val
Mar 13
Hi Pati! I was wondering, what would be the best way to reheat leftovers. Thanks so much!
Pati Jinich
Mar 15
A minute in the microwave will do or in a conventional oven for as long as you need. Just make sure to not add the avocado sauce to those you are going to save for later 🙂
Jim Wyche
Mar 05
Yummm! Going to make this soon but will have to cut the recipe down since I live alone.
Pati Jinich
Mar 06
Enjoy them Jim 😉
Anonymous
May 01
Omg
Pati Jinich
May 07
🙂
Diane
Jan 21
I watched your show tonight..
I am so excited to try your recipes!!!
Pati
Jan 22
Yay!
Elvia Madrigal
Oct 20
Hi Pati, just received your recipe for Tacos de Lengua and I wanted to say thanks! As I have told you before my husband is from Uruapan Mexico and I am constantly looking for great Mexican recipes to make for my family. Love your show and my family also enjoys watching your show. God Bless You!Elvia
Juvela archuleta
Jan 25
Delicious food.
Juvela archuleta
Jan 25
I have to learn to cook delicious Mexican food. I was brought up on American food, and Spanish food.
Pati
Jan 26
Great to hear Juvela!