Appetizer

Jerk-Spiced Shrimp Fritters with Mango-Habanero Gastrique & Crispy Yuca

Name: Jerk-Spiced Shrimp Fritters with Mango-Habanero Gastrique & Crispy Yuca
Prep time: 16 min
Cook time: 24 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 8 oz medium shrimp, peeled, deveined, minced; 6 oz yuca root, boiled, cooled, mashed; 3 green onions, finely sliced; 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves; 1 tbsp all-jerk seasoning spice blend (or homemade: allspice, ginger, garlic, cayenne, cinnamon); 1 tsp lime zest; 1 tbsp cornstarch; sea salt & black pepper; 4 tbsp olive oil for frying; ½ cup fresh mango puree; 1 tbsp habanero pepper, finely minced; 2 tbsp rice vinegar; 1 tbsp honey; 1 tbsp water; 12 oz yuca root, for chips, cut into thin batons; oil for deep-frying yuca chips

Tender shrimp are minced and folded into a spiced yuca-cassava batter with scallions and thyme, pan-fried until golden. Served alongside a tangy-sweet mango-habanero gastrique and crispy fried yuca batons for scooping and textural contrast.

865cal per serving 28gprotein 127gcarbs 29gfat 16min prep 24min cook 2serves

✓ Macros from a nutrition database · per serving · developed by The Delicious Kitchen with AI assistance, not independently kitchen-tested · how we calculate this