How to Use yuca in a Sentence

yuca

noun
  • In a bowl, toss the yuca chips with the Wild Game Rub and the cheese.
    ExpressNews.com, 5 June 2019
  • Pig Floyd’s has maduros (fried ripe plantains) and yuca fries as sides.
    Andy Staples, SI.com, 30 June 2017
  • Or sauté some chopped kale with onions and garlic, and then take yuca and crush it in and make a hash of vegetables and yucca.
    Benjy Hansen-Bundy, GQ, 19 Feb. 2018
  • Hot and soft fried yuca fries and homemade cole slaw complete the happy picnic.
    By Kendall Hamersly, miamiherald, 2 Aug. 2017
  • The sandwich comes with fried yuca and a slurpable mojito sauce.
    Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 8 Oct. 2019
  • Happiness is inky black beans and fried yuca, sliced thin so that every bite is crisp as a potato chip.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2019
  • These gluten-free pancakes are made with cassava flour, which is made from a starchy tuberous root vegetable called a yuca.
    Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The family, with a household income of $16 a month, is surviving on yuca and plantains.
    Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2019
  • Stacked high are yuca, yautia blanca, apio or celery root, malanga, and yampi root or mapuey.
    chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2018
  • The duck chalupas, shrimp nachos and fried oysters on yuca chips have become modern classics.
    San Antonio Express-News, 8 Mar. 2018
  • There's also a simple tomato and onion salad, which adds a refreshing counterpoint to the fried yuca.
    Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Cassava, also known as yuca or manioc, is a staple food in many African countries.
    Daniel Danino, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • On Tuesdays and Fridays diners come for baho (yuca and steamed pork), on weekends for nacatamales (giant custard-soft tamales packed with meats and eggs).
    Chronicle Staff, SFChronicle.com, 17 June 2018
  • Lincoln logs of cake, made with yuca and coconut, arrive on a plate that’s dusted with powdered sugar and filled out with a royal purple scoop of ube ice cream sprinkled with coconut.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Arepas, pupusas, yuca frita, margaritas and sangria are just a few of the specialties.
    cleveland.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Instead of french fries, the chicken is served with yuca fries — oversize and blond, with a crackly exterior and lusciously soft interior.
    Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, 5 Sep. 2017
  • There are several different kinds of ceviche, yuca fritters, and chicken chicharrones with cilantro salsa.
    BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • At Havana Club things are a little more modern, and in addition to the lengthy main menu, Valenzuela offers an assortment of rotating specials, like the lechon con moros y yuca, only available on weekends.
    Brittany Martin, Los Angeles Magazine, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Tribespeople provide for themselves by hunting, gathering and fishing, as well as cultivating crops such as manioc (cassava or yuca) and bananas, which are grown in large gardens cleared from the forest.
    Greg Norman | Fox News, Fox News, 11 Apr. 2020
  • The Denton menu is relatively small, with a handful of empanada (both savory and sweet) and taco choices (for carnivores and vegetarians), a couple of sandwiches, yuca fries, daily specials and more, as well as aguas frescas, beer and wine drinks.
    Robert Philpot, star-telegram, 21 May 2018

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