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Carimañola

Name: Carimañola
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Panama
Ingredients: 500g (frozen is fine) Cassava; 200g Ground Beef; 1/2 Onion; 1 clove Garlic; 1/2 Green Bell Pepper; 1 tbsp Tomato paste; A pinch Cilantro; 1 tsp Salt; To taste Oil for frying

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⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Boiled cassava dough wrapped around ground meat and fried into torpedoes — a Panamanian breakfast fritter.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Carimañolas are fritters eaten in Panama and on Colombia's Caribbean coast: boiled, mashed cassava (yuca) dough is wrapped around a ground meat stew, shaped into long torpedoes, and fried. Crisp outside and chewy inside, they're a Panamanian breakfast staple with coffee.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a Panama City café in the morning, long fritters and tortillas share a plate, served with strong coffee.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Cassava 500g (frozen is fine)
Ground Beef 200g
Onion 1/2
Garlic 1 clove
Green Bell Pepper 1/2
Tomato paste 1 tbsp
Cilantro A pinch
Salt 1 tsp
Oil for frying To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Boil the cassava until soft, remove the core, mash smooth while hot, and mix in salt.
Fry the ground beef, onion, garlic, and green pepper, add the tomato paste and chopped cilantro, and cook down.
Divide the cassava dough into 8, flatten in your palm, and add filling.
Wrap into long torpedo shapes.
Fry in 180°C oil until golden.

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