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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Caribbean >> Cuban

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. POTATOES:: | 2. Boil potatoes until fully cooked. | 3. Drain potatoes and mash with salt. | 4. DO NOT ADD BUTTER, OIL, OR LIQUID. | 5. Let cool. | 6. PICADILLO (meat mixture):: | 7. Saute onions and green pepper until onions are limp. | 8. Add the garlic, beef, salt, cumin, black pepper, tomato paste and vinegar. | 9. Continue to cook until meat is completely cooked. | 10. Drain off excess fat and allow to cool. | 11. Now, grab a handful of mashed potatoes, split handful in 1/2 and make each one into a bowl pressing with fingers. | 12. Stuff the indentation in each 1/2 with ground beef or picadillo. | 13. Bring the two 1/2's together and smooth to make a round ball, the size of an overstuffed golf bowl. (This is the size used for a snack/lunch). | 14. If your going to use these for appetizers make them a lot smaller, the size of sauerkraut or rum balls. | 15. Dip ball into beaten egg and the flour until lightly covered. | 16. Dip the ball again into the eggs, and roll in breadcrumbs to coat thoroughly. | 17. Refrigerate for 2-4 hours or you may freeze these for later use. | 18. Use frying pan with enough oil to cover half the ball at a time. | 19. Heat oil to frying time (375°F) and drop each potato ball into oil. | 20. BE CAREFUL! | 21. Cook 2 minutes or until golden brown on one side and then turn over & cook the same. | 22. If you have deep-fryer heat oil to 375°F. | 23. Place the potatoes in a single layer in the basket and drop into oil for 3 minutes or until golden brown. | 24. DON'T OVERCOOK. | 25. Deep frying is best when they are frozen. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
potato	4		peeled boiled	-	-	-	-
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
black pepper				5.773	1.4708	0.239	0.075
egg	4			286.0	1.44	25.12	19.02
breadcrumb			seasoned	-	-	-	-
flour				-	-	-	-
vegetable oil				-	-	-	-
beef	1	lb	seasoned ground	530.4012	0.0	104.5842	12.1947
onion	1/2	cup	chopped	32.0	7.472	0.88	0.08
green bell pepper	1		chopped	29.19	6.394	1.0008	0.3753
garlic clove	3		minced	13.41	2.9754	0.5724	0.045
beef	1	lb	ground ground	530.4012	0.0	104.5842	12.1947
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cumin	2	teaspoons		15.75	1.8581	0.748	0.9353
black pepper	1	teaspoon	ground coarse	5.773	1.4708	0.239	0.075
red pepper flake	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
tomato paste	4	teaspoons		18.04	4.1602	0.9504	0.1034
vinegar	1	tablespoon		3.1289999999999996	0.1386	0.0	0.0
vegetable oil				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.