Red Snapper Yuca Cakes with Mojo de Ajo Recipe

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Red Snapper Yuca Cakes with Mojo de Ajo
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Ingredients
17
Count
Nutrition
438
Calories
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Make cakes: Simmer yuca in boiling salted water until fork-tender, 30 to 35 minutes. Drain yuca and transfer to a large bowl, then cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes.
  2. While yuca is cooling, heat 1 tablespoon oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté onion with cumin and 1/4 teaspoon cayenne, stirring occasionally, until beginning to soften, about 2 minutes. Sprinkle salt and remaining 1/4 teaspoon cayenne over fish and add to onion in skillet, then sauté, turning fish over once, until just cooked through, 4 to 6 minutes. Transfer fish with onion to a plate and cool to room temperature.
  3. Remove thin, fibrous core from yuca if necessary, then coarsely mash yuca with a wooden spoon. Flake fish and add to yuca along with onion and herbs, tossing to combine (mixture will be coarse). Form into 12 (2 1/2-inch) cakes (1 inch thick) and transfer to a wax-paper-lined tray. Cover cakes with plastic wrap and chill 30 minutes.
  4. Make mojo while cakes chill: Cook garlic in oil in a small skillet over low heat, stirring, until just softened, about 3 minutes. Transfer garlic with oil to a small bowl and stir in remaining mojo ingredients. Chill mojo, covered, until serving.
  5. Sauté cakes: Heat 1 1/2 tablespoons oil over moderately high heat in a 12-inch heavy skillet (preferably nonstick) until hot but not smoking, then sauté half of cakes, turning over once, until browned and heated through, about 8 minutes total. Sauté remaining cakes in remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons oil. Serve with mojo and lime wedges.
  6. *Available at Latino markets and some supermarkets.
  7. Cooks' notes: • ·Formed cakes (not sautéed) and mojo can be chilled up to 1 day. • ·frozen, wrapped well, 2 weeks. Thaw in refrigerator before cooking.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 437.6 Kcal (1832 kJ)
Calories from fat 130.22 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 14.47g 22%
Cholesterol 27.97mg 9%
Sodium 996.23mg 42%
Potassium 892.17mg 19%
Total Carbs 57.71g 19%
Sugars 10.31g 41%
Dietary Fiber 4.21g 17%
Protein 19.28g 39%
Vitamin C 48.6mg 81%
Iron 0.7mg 4%
Calcium 83.5mg 8%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 135.22 Kcal (566 kJ)
Calories from fat 40.24 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 4.47g 22%
Cholesterol 8.64mg 9%
Sodium 307.83mg 42%
Potassium 275.68mg 19%
Total Carbs 17.83g 19%
Sugars 3.19g 41%
Dietary Fiber 1.3g 17%
Protein 5.96g 39%
Vitamin C 15mg 81%
Iron 0.2mg 4%
Calcium 25.8mg 8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 9.2
    Points
  • 11
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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