What Is Yuca? / Cassava Croquette-Style Tater Tots Recipe

In today's episode of What's This Food?!, Daniel Delaney covers yuca, also known as cassava or manioc, and uses the root as the base for a Japanese croquette, or tater tot, known as "korokke." Today's sponsor is Pigchaser BBQ Sauce, check them out at http://pigchaser.com

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[thePowerPlant]

I have had yucca in a few stews before and they were extremely thick. Like snot thick, admittedly not the greatest texture, but I can see why they important on a global scale.

[danieldelaney]

@thePowerPlant and I'm sure they keep getting thicker and thicker too.

[PlatypusGuitar]

I made a beef korokke recipe 2 weeks ago - you can see it on my channel! I think its pretty good because youtube famous japanese cook runnyrunny999 accepted it as a video response to his own recipe and youtube offered me individual partnership on it. HUZZAH!

[danieldelaney]

@PlatypusGuitar sweet!!!

[AznVi3tBoi]

Oh god dan im so sorry for not watching your vids i've been so busy!!! Love the new format though keep up the hard work!!

[danieldelaney]

@AznVi3tBoi Thanks much!

[cod0mw2]

im dominican and yuca is like our main side dish next to plantains.. my dad boils it and he dosent mash it but he adds onions and salt and it taste really good..

[GummyTumor]

I remember my grandma would pick flowers off of yucca plants and fry them, season them with salt and pepper and eat them. I never tried them because I was a kid and it seemed weird to me, but now I'm kinda curious as to how they tasted. Have you ever tried them?

[umbalaba]

Never anger the startches!

[umbalaba]

I love it when you manage to fit the sponsor's product into the episode they sponsor :-)

[aglanceatmyworld]

Looks good!

[MoveMyHipsMoveMyLips]

@TeaIicious in venezuela my grandma often prepares it that way, it is AWESOME!

[TeaIicious]

since its a starch and need to be cooked a while i wonder if we do a gratin whit it like a potato gratin whit butter and cream and cheese and a bechamel sauce.. im kinda curious to try and see what texture the manioc would have in a gratin