Yuca con Mojo

Name: Yuca con Mojo
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Cuban
Ingredients: 1kg yuca (cassava), peeled and chunked; 6 cloves garlic, minced; Juice of 2 limes or sour oranges; 1/2 cup olive oil; 1 onion, sliced

Yuca con Mojo/YOO-kah kohn MOH-hoh/

About this dish

Boiled cassava root topped with a garlicky citrus and olive oil sauce.

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Ingredients

🥔1kg yuca (cassava), peeled and chunked

🧄6 cloves garlic, minced

🍋Juice of 2 limes or sour oranges

🫒1/2 cup olive oil

🧅1 onion, sliced

Method

Serves 4

Boil the yuca in salted water until tender, about 25-30 minutes.

Heat olive oil in a small pan and fry the garlic and onion until fragrant and lightly golden.

Remove from heat and stir in the lime or sour orange juice.

Drain the yuca and place in a serving dish.

Pour the hot garlic mojo sauce over the yuca just before serving.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Yuca con mojo is a classic Cuban side dish, valued for the tangy, garlicky mojo sauce poured hot over the starchy yuca.

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