Yuca balls

During our recent trip to Costa Rica, we enjoyed these delicious fried yuca balls at the La Laguna Restaurant at The Springs Resort & Spa. To make fried yuca balls, I recommend starting with frozen yuca, since it’s easier to find, but you can also use fresh yuca. Serve this with a side of Chipotle Mayonnaise or Sriracha Mayonnaise for a delicious dipping sauce.

Mashed yuca is stuffed with cheese and fried until golden and gooey. These tasty little bolitas de yuca (yuca balls) make wonderful appetizers!

Cassava stuffed cheese balls make a wonderful appetizer for any occasion! Yum! #cheeseballs #dominicanrepublic #domincanrepublicfood #dominicanrepublicrecipe #dominicanrepubliccuisine

Learn how to make Bollitos de yuca, cheese-filled cassava balls that are crispy outside, soft and cheesy inside. A sure hit with your guests.

Golden, creamy inside and filled with flavor. It’s not enough with just one of these bollitos de yuca…

These crispy little Yuca Balls Stuffed with Cheese are a fabulous party snack or side dish.

Yuca, also known as cassava, is a root vegetable used around the world to make many beloved regional dishes as well as flour, tapioca and even laundry starch. It is similar to the potato, but it is harder, has a thicker brown skin and has a tough fiber running through its center. It often has a subtly floral, lightly sweet taste. Here, yuca is boiled, mixed with loads of mozzarella, then fried until golden brown to make bolitas de yuca y queso, a popular dish in Latin America that is also…

These fried yuca balls are one of those no-frills snacks that we love with a passion and prepare with ingredients that can be found anywhere in our country, even the most remote campo.

Crunchy on the outside, soft and cheese on the inside, these Cheese Stuffed Fried Yuca Balls are a simple and scrumptious appetizer that can only be made better with a tangy and perfectly delicious cilantro dressing. Easy to make they are ready to serve in 20 minutes.