Air fryer yuca fries with spicy cilantro lime sauce
The combination of ultra-crispy yuca fries and a spicy dip with cilantro, lime and jalapeño makes for a rather addictive finger food, side dish or game day appetizer.
Equipment
- Immersion blender or kitchen machine
- Air fryer
Ingredients
For the air fryer yuca fries
- 1 yuca root about 2 lbs; cut into sticks (see post for instructions)
- 1 tbsp Cooking oil or spray
- salt to taste
For the spicy cilantro lime sauce
- 1 cup sour cream or Greek yogurt
- 1 bunch cilantro
- 1/2 avocado
- 1 lime
- 1 pickled jalapeño see notes
- 1 clove garlic
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
For the yuca fries
- Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add the yuca sticks and boil until soft (up to 15 minutes depending on thickness).
- Pat the yuca dry, drizzle or spray with oil and place in the air fryer. Don't crowd it!
- Cook at 380 °F/195 °C for up to 15 minutes (until brown and crispy).
For the sauce
- Remove the largest stems from the cilantro. A few small ones are fine to leave on.
- Place all the ingredients in a stick blender jug or kitchen machine and blend.
- Enjoy!
Notes
1. You can use fresh jalapeño too, but the vinegar in the pickled ones does add an extra layer of flavor. If you like it more fiery, try going for a more spicy green chili pepper instead, or just upping the jalapeño content.
2. Instead of putting salt on your yuca fries, you can also sprinkle them with chili lime seasoning. Yum!
3. The sauce lasts for 5 or so days in the fridge in a covered jar. Its flavor will actually deepen as time passes! You can use any leftovers on tacos or even add some water and dress a salad with it. So good.