Yuquitas Fritas – Peruvian Yuca Fries

We could give this recipe one of several different titles. The main ingredient of this delicious dish has lots of different names and variations on names. Yuca, a root vegetable native to South America, is also known as cassava and manioc, among other things. The word yuquita is a diminutive form of yuca. (“ita” in Spanish signifying little or small). The English language name for this dish would be fried cassava. But honestly, it doesn’t sound as good as the original, pronounced Yoo-kEE-tas FrEE-tas.