Three - 8 - Three, Smoked Potato Balls " Cuban Papas Rellenas "
Well this is kind of a thank you to every one who voted and made me a member of the OTBS #383 ( Three 8 Three )
MIL was here for the weekend , so I came up with this , I wanted to make an other potato style meal and saw Cuban papas Rellenas
and as I have done this style of potato with just gravy inside . This was something I had to do also.
It calls for Cuban Picadillo ( new to me ) but fantastic sounding and tasted real good.
So here it goes : sorry this will be long, because that is me.
Boiled and mashed the potatoes, just a little milk salt and pepper, and add some flour , you want the mashed smooth but not runny. Has to be able to form and stay while cooking.
I pulled a pound of ground pork from the freezer, ( only because I cant read thought I was grabbing beef. All good I love both ).
Into the smoker on Black cherry chunks, while that is cooking/smoking I gathered the items to make the Picadillo
Cook all the veg in the CI , onions first , celery, Gr. peppers, fresh tomatoes , raisins ( yes raisins ) chopped almonds
than the spices, garlic, cumin, Cocoa powder, salt,
I did not add green olives because I hate them. 4 - 6 table spoon chili sauce, tablespoon vinegar
add the crumbled up smoked pork, hard to stop eating the pork, lol
Set aside and let cool, with the mashed spuds
Get out my trusty ice-cream scooper and scoop up the balls. Form into small pancakes in your hand , add a spoonful of Picadillo in to the center and fold up the potato to seal and form a ball. In separate bowls 1 )- 3 eggs and a little water whisked, 1 )- bread crumbs little flour and paprika.
Take each potato, egg first than coating mix . Place on tray and into freezer for 20 minutes or so, while the smoker comes to temp, and helps the potato to stay set while in the smoker
Smoker set at 350 Deg. Papas Rellenas in and getting heated and crunchy.
They are ready after about 70 minutes. Brought into the house and plated up the meal
Boiled up some white rice with a little green onion, small bowl of mild salsa , dish of Soya Sauce and 3 potato balls each
Mona her Mom and I = Three 8 Three
these are very good and can be just eaten with your hands also, some people like them as walking food from street shops so I read. and I can see why
Thanks for looking and maybe making it to the end.
Thanks everyone for the nominations and hope you enjoyed this new to me take on my potato balls
Cuban Papas Rellenas, filled with Cuban Picadillo
David
Edit: sorry everyone I forgot to say I lightly sprayed cooking oil over the potato balls before going into the smoker, to almost be like deep fried , almost
Well this is kind of a thank you to every one who voted and made me a member of the OTBS #383 ( Three 8 Three )
MIL was here for the weekend , so I came up with this , I wanted to make an other potato style meal and saw Cuban papas Rellenas
and as I have done this style of potato with just gravy inside . This was something I had to do also.
It calls for Cuban Picadillo ( new to me ) but fantastic sounding and tasted real good.
So here it goes : sorry this will be long, because that is me.
Boiled and mashed the potatoes, just a little milk salt and pepper, and add some flour , you want the mashed smooth but not runny. Has to be able to form and stay while cooking.
I pulled a pound of ground pork from the freezer, ( only because I cant read thought I was grabbing beef. All good I love both ).
Into the smoker on Black cherry chunks, while that is cooking/smoking I gathered the items to make the Picadillo
Cook all the veg in the CI , onions first , celery, Gr. peppers, fresh tomatoes , raisins ( yes raisins ) chopped almonds
than the spices, garlic, cumin, Cocoa powder, salt,
I did not add green olives because I hate them. 4 - 6 table spoon chili sauce, tablespoon vinegar
add the crumbled up smoked pork, hard to stop eating the pork, lol
Set aside and let cool, with the mashed spuds
Get out my trusty ice-cream scooper and scoop up the balls. Form into small pancakes in your hand , add a spoonful of Picadillo in to the center and fold up the potato to seal and form a ball. In separate bowls 1 )- 3 eggs and a little water whisked, 1 )- bread crumbs little flour and paprika.
Take each potato, egg first than coating mix . Place on tray and into freezer for 20 minutes or so, while the smoker comes to temp, and helps the potato to stay set while in the smoker
Smoker set at 350 Deg. Papas Rellenas in and getting heated and crunchy.
They are ready after about 70 minutes. Brought into the house and plated up the meal
Boiled up some white rice with a little green onion, small bowl of mild salsa , dish of Soya Sauce and 3 potato balls each
Mona her Mom and I = Three 8 Three
these are very good and can be just eaten with your hands also, some people like them as walking food from street shops so I read. and I can see why
Thanks for looking and maybe making it to the end.
Thanks everyone for the nominations and hope you enjoyed this new to me take on my potato balls
Cuban Papas Rellenas, filled with Cuban Picadillo
David
Edit: sorry everyone I forgot to say I lightly sprayed cooking oil over the potato balls before going into the smoker, to almost be like deep fried , almost
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