Rellenos De Papa (Stuffed Mashed Potatoes)

Submitted by l0ve2c00k

"I found this one at a Puerto Rican website (El Boricua.com) when I was not able to get a hold of GMa to tell me how to make them. :) It makes the process way much simple than the traditional. Yummy yummy!"

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 7

ingredients

• 2 cups water
• 7 tablespoons margarine
• salt and pepper
• 1⁄4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 cup milk
• 4 cups instant potato flakes
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch (for dusting rellenos)
• 1 lb prepared ground beef or 1 lb pork, seasoned with
• sofrito sauce
• oil (for frying)

directions

1. Bring water to a boil and remove from heat.
2. Add margarine, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and milk. Stir until the margarine is melted.
3. Add the potato flakes. The mixture should be pretty thick and dry.
4. Add a slightly beaten egg and mix well.
5. Let the potatoes sit to cool down.
6. Divide potato mixture into 6 balls.
7. Sprinkle corn starch on one hand and carefully spread one of the potato balls on your hand pushing down in the middle.
8. Place a tablespoon of prepared picadillo in the middle carefully folding the sides over the meat until it is completely sealed.
9. Roll the stuffed balls in corn starch - this will help keep the mixture together during frying.
10. Fry over medium-high heat until golden.
11. Note: all purpose flour can be used instead of cornstarch.

Reviews

[Carmen I. R.]

No way..No way!! This is not the way we make "Rellenos de Papas". Using instant potato flakes is not the way to do it. We instead use real potatoes, and we never use cornstarch on this recipe. Just put them in the fridge until firm, then dip them in the eggs, and then fry them in oil.

 

[pleiades7]

These are good! We used leftover mashed potatoes rather than potato flakes, and that worked well for us. We stuffed them with picadillo, and that was super yummy. These are definitely best the day you make them; the day after they somehow seem a lot greasier.

 

[User S.]

Yes, Yes, Yes!!! Do yourself a favor and just use potato flakes. It is the same exact thing and it tastes the same. Unless you want to spend more time doing the recipe. I’ve done it both ways and it’s exactly the same!

 

[Sylvia T.]

Really tasty and got two thumbs up from multigenerational family. This is the first time making them although we had eaten them before. First, come on ya'll, mashed potatoes! Butter! Seasoned meat! I made them with ground beef. I was using what I had in the pantry so did not have sofrit. To the meat I added cumin, cayenne, onion, green pepper, garlic powder, tomato, salt, pepper, hot sauce and canned chipotle. In addition, I added chopped green olives that were stuffed with pimento. In trying to stay healthy I used an air fryer at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. The family wants them again in two days but we will do shredded pork. I want that additional crunch to the exterior so plan on trying the egg wash then panko dip.

 

[Chef Caroline]

I simply love making this, it taste great and all members of your family would love it as well, great as a snack throughout the day.